And while last year's individual scores frequently ran into the hundreds, all four scores were in the eighties Friday. Junior Marcie Chan fired a team-low 80 en route to a 161 two-day total.

Despite her individual success, it was the newfound balance of the team that has made the difference this fall.

Senior captain Jennifer Laine and sophomores Maureen Shannon, Sara Leventhal and Nicole Saniola round out a young but very tournament-experienced Crimson team.

"Last year we had girls who played a lot of golf but were unfamiliar with tournament play," says Chan. "This year, experience has turned into our greatest strength."

If the team can carry over the great short-game play it had over the weekend, a top-ten finish at the ECACs in two weeks is within reach. The tournament will be held at Bucknell, making it a homecoming of sorts for Shannon, who transferred from Bucknell to Harvard just last year.

Knowing the course, Shannon believes that "a score in the 330s is definitely attainable. We have a lot of potential; hopefully we can just capitalize in our final tournament."

Both teams head into their final fall contest knowing they have accomplished much this season already. But they also realize that, with their talent, things should get even better for Harvard golf.