The team's traditional strength in the breaststroke events came through brilliantly, as junior Alexis Todor, sophomore Karen Milkosky, and freshman Liz Baxter outstroked the Bulldogs by recording an astounding sweep on the 200 breaststroke.

"Sweeping Yale was awesome said Todor. "The girls and I knew we needed the points to keep ahead. It felt great to come through for the team in the clutch."

The Crimson bolstered that lead by with another sweep in the 100-butterfly when Murphy and sophomore Pia Chock smashed the competition by over a second. By this point, Harvard completely controlled Yale and it only needed to cruise on to victory.

And tri-captain Courtney Swain topped off four great years with a huge upset victory over both the Bulldogs and Tigers. Out-flipping her competitors with rip after rip, Swain held off the intense charge of her rival divers to win the 3m board by about one point, with a total of 273.30.

Although slightly overshadowed by losses to Brown and Princeton, the Yale victory was the Crimson's first significant distancing from its traditional rivals.

The two losses to Ivy powerhouses Brown and Princeton certainly give this extremely young squad a goal for the next year. Coming off the impressive improvements from this season, those goals are not near out of reach.

The squad will lose essential team members Jocelyn Ludwick, Swain and Deveney, its current tri-captains. The triumvirate will be sorely missed, but the team hopes to fill in the gaps of their absence with strong incoming freshmen.

"Of course, we're really sad to see the seniors leave," said Jo. "But we have an amazing class of recruits coming in to compliment our returning strengths. Together I think we can bolster the reputation that the seniors helped to create."