The following weekend the Crimson traveled to the Copper Bowl Classic in Arizona where it soundly defeated Southern Illinois in the first round only to reverse its role against Arizona two days later, falling hard to the Wildcats, 82-45.

Harvard rebounded with a three-game winning streak against Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Northeastern. Feaster exploded for a total of 90 points during that stretch.

The holiday season did not provide the Crimson with good tidings as the team lost to George Washington, 88-44, and then to Loyola, 73-67. With a 6-5 record, Harvard began its Ivy schedule without yet playing the kind of basketball its players felt capable of.

The Crimson finally settled on a starting lineup as it prepared to face Dartmouth. Co-captains Jessica Gelman and Kelly Black were joined by Feaster, sophomore Suzie Miller and junior Allison Seanor as the starting five.

The results were three consecutive road victories over Dartmouth, Columbia and Cornell by an average of 15 points.

"Every road game is hard in the Ivy League and to start by winning what I think are three of the hardest road games was such a great boost." Black said.

Still the Crimson headed into its exam period with a squad which had only begun to gel into a cohesive unit.

A bit stagnant after a 16-day lay-off, Harvard suffered a costly defeat at the hands of Lehigh. This game, though, proved to be the Crimson's final loss of the regular season.

The game must have been a wakeup call because what Harvard then proceeded to accomplish can only be described as remarkable. The Crimson romped through its final 11 games with an average margin of victory of 24 points.

"We had a lot of adversity, and we got through it," Gelman said.

Harvard became the first women's team in Ivy League history to finish a season undefeated in league play.

"This team wanted to be undefeated," coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. "The [Ivy League] title was a given."

The Crimson also shattered the record of 21 consecutive Ivy League victories--the current string stands at 26 wins.

During this final stretch of the season, the individual accolades began to pour in for the Crimson. Gelman led the way, becoming Harvard's all-time assists leader against Princeton.

She also scored her 1,000th career point against Yale on the same night that the Crimson clinched the Ivy League title. She finished her career ninth on Harvard's career scoring list.