The Crimson countered that with a one-two-three sweep of the 200-breaststroke, with Todor, sophomore Liz Baxter and freshman Rachael O'Beirne, to nail the Bears' coffin shut.

"We call ourselves 'The Force,' because we have four great breaststrokers," Todor said. "We know that we train hard and can go fast. We wanted to sweep the 200-breast and we did."

But Harvard still had a few more statements to make for its Ivy arch-rival.

Those statements came in the form of ousting individual Ivy champs in their best events. Gustafsson began by downing defending champ Cowan in the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:01.06, and Murphy and Fraser took her lead, as both defeated former champ Judy Koonstra in the 100-butterfly at 57.06 and 57.26, respectively.

Of course, it is only fitting that Harvard ended the meet the same way it started, winning the 400-freestyle relay.

This time McDougall, freshman Christin McConnell, junior Pia Chock, and Murphy didn't take any chances with a loss. They dominated the relay to win by nearly two seconds.

Harvard 176.5, Columbia 123.5

The win against Brown would have been enough to bring a smile to even the most cynical Harvard fan's face, but the team still had to face Teuscher and Columbia in New York.