Pretend that you are an animal and it is feeding time at the zoo. You are starved and start licking your chops at the fresh meat sitting right in front of you. Now imagine that this reward has been snatched away from you and given to most hated rival; let's say, the bears.

Forward ahead one year later and the meat is again staring right at you. So how do you feel?

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Record: 9-4-3

Ivy League: 5-0-2

Coach: Tim Wheaton

Captains: Sara Noonan '96, Susie DeLellis '96

Key Returnees: Emily Stauffer '98, Keren Gudeman '98

New Face: Jaime Chu '99

Key Losses: Genevieve Chelius '95, Beth Morgan '95, Dana Krein '98 (injury)

Just ask the Harvard women's soccer team, which came within seven minutes of capturing last year's Ivy League title.

"We are fired up," sophomore standout Emily Stauffer said. "We were excited about last year but left with a bad taste about the last two games."

The Crimson had taken a seemingly commanding 3-1 lead on the defending champion Bears of Brown in the regular-season finale only to see the opposition tie the contest on a penalty kick with seven minutes left in regulation.

The game ended a 3-3 tie, allowing the Bears to edge out the Crimson for the league crown by one point in the standings.

Harvard's 9-3-2 regular season (5-0-2 Ivy) was impressive enough to deserve an NCAA Tournament bid even though it did not win the title. Harvard fell to the University of Massachusetts, 3-0, in the first round, but that game marked the Crimson's first tourney appearance since 1984.