"Princeton is hard because they've been good for so long," LaSovage said. "But we knew that we had nothing to lose and just had to play our best game. We just didn't give it our best showing."

Once again the Crimson rebounded from a tough loss, finishing the season with a strong 3-2 win over Dartmouth and a 6-0 thrashing of Brown. The late-season rally put Harvard in a tie for second place in the Ivy League, good enough to earn the team its second ECAC tournament bid in three years. As the No. 3 seed in the four-team tournament, Harvard faced arch-rival Yale in the first round and, despite fighting all the way, dropped a nail-biter, 2-1, to end the season.

"We had a lot of energy before the Yale game, and we really wanted it," LaSovage said. "But we just couldn't put it all together to pull it off."

Despite the disappointing end to the season, several Harvard players earned All-League honors.

Captain Judy Collins and junior Kate Schoolwerth were named First Team All-Ivy. LaSovage and junior goalkeeper Anya Cowan collected Second Team honors and senior Penny Fairbairn and junior Maisa Badawy garnered Honorable Mentions.

Collins was a dominant force in the Crimson offense, scoring in 12 of 18 games, including five multi-goal efforts. She tied the Ivy League scoring record, and ended her Harvard career with 102 points off of 43 goals and 16 assists. Collins was also named First Team Regional All-American for the second time.

While the loss of Collins and her fellow seniors will be difficult for the Crimson to overcome, a strong crop of underclassmen are ready to fill the gaps, led by next season's captains: Cowan, Schoolwerth, and Dominique Kalil.