With a year of seasoning under their belt, they and their teammates were ready to take the next step.

And so this senior-sophomore hybrid took to the field this year and tore into one nationally-ranked opponent after another.

"I think the thing that gave us a chance to be competitive last year was the influx of the freshmen," Harvard coach Scott Anderson said. "But I think the thing that made us a winning team were the seniors."

Every championship team has spirit and camaraderie. The men's lacrosse team is no exception.

The word "chemistry" has been so often associated with this team, you'd have thought Dudley Herschbach put the squad together himself.

But it's absolutely true. The talent-laden New York Mets of the early 1990's self-destructed. The 1989 Orioles, loaded with low-budget rookies, came within a whisker of winning the AL East. Chemistry counts.

"We've got a little something extra this year that allows us to win," Anderson said. "Part of it is character and team chemistry. That's not coaching. That's just the players. It's a wonderful thing to see as a coach."

For years, the Ivy League has always been the same--Princeton and Brown.

That left Harvard, in Wojcik's words, as the "best of the rest."

The days of Tigers and Bears, Tigers and Bears are over.

Oh my!

First women's hoops, then the swimmers and wrestlers and now the men's lacrosse team.

The Nerds are on a roll.