"The real strength for this team is in our team chemistry," Lynch said. "We are great friends on and off the course and are always encouraging each other and really helping each other to play our best."

Lynch, with the help of a putting tip from Malcolm before Monday's round, followed up his 81 with the team's low round of 76.

Jackson's addition has only strengthened this unity and has given the Crimson a consistent fifth man.

Although Kaj Vazales has

asserted himself as Harvard's top player with his strong play, there is such a balance that anyone is capable of shooting the team's low round.

Though this balance has given the team greater consistency this season, Malcolm believes the team "needs one player to consistently go low if the team is to step up another level. Right now that just hasn't happened."

The team has one more chance to improve this Saturday when it travels to the NEIGA championships at New Seabury Golf Club on Cape Cod, a course that will favor the Crimson's precise ball-striking. Improvement has been the theme for this season's women's team as well. The Crimson's record-setting first-round 343 was followed with a 346, good enough for an eighth-place finish out of 16.