Although the Harvard women's soccer team ended its season Sunday afternoon with a heartbreaking second-round NCAA tournament loss to Boston College at home, the season it put together this fall will be the standard by which future Crimson teams will be measured against.

An integral part of this squad, which finished 14-2-1 and won the Ivy League crown with the third perfect mark (7-0) since all eight schools began sponsoring women's soccer in 1991, and which entered the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 team in the country, was the talented freshman unit.

The class of 2003 came into camp this September without the same hype that last year's senior-loaded version faced.

The capsule outlook in the women's program went as such : "Despite a ranking of 25th in the NSCAA Preseason poll, the 1999 version of the Harvard women's soccer team will not be greeted with the high expectations that were heaped upon the squad last year. The squad has graduated one of the most successful classes in the history of the program, which included possibly the best player to ever wear the Crimson, Emily Stauffer."

If its remarkable run this season was any indication though, this freshman class is well on its way to being put alongside last year's graduating squad as one of the most successful in school history.

The class of 2003 not only accounted for more than half of the offensive production this year, but it also went undefeated during the regular season with a mark of 14-0-1, sitting out an early season loss against UNH due to Orientation week.

Although the senior leadership of Jess Larson, Ashley Berman, Beth Zotter, Julia Blain and Gina Foster will be sorely missed next year, the future looks bright for Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton and his team's solid base of underclassmen.

Here is a look at Harvard's roster of freshman phenoms.