The team dropped just three other games all season, one in an 8-1 trouncing of a strong Trinity squad and the others in the season finale against Yale, a 7-2 Harvard win.
Unfortunately for the Crimson, they dropped the ones that counted, as Princeton added yet another sport to its impressive belt of Ivy domination.
"Penn and Princeton were both strong, good teams," said sophomore Blair Endresen after the Howe Cup. "After the Penn win, we were feeling very good and ready for Princeton. We fought for every single match, from one to 10.
The prospects for next season are unclear. Although it loses All-American Pochoda to graduation, the team returns another in junior Brooke Herlihy.
Harvard's wildcard may be its change of venue, as it leaves Hemenway Gym for a new spacious athletic facility across the river.
In many ways it is a new beginning for Harvard women's squash as it begins its post-dynastic years. For just the second time in the '90s, the team will hope for a bad year for streaks.