Tri-captains Katie Schoolwerth, Anya Cowan and Kalil will lead the new-look Crimson this season. Schoolwerth earned First Team All-Ivy honors and Cowan was named to the Second Team Harvard's goalkeeper. All three have started every game since their freshman year.

Junior midfielder Maisa Badaway, who was an Honorable Mention All-Ivy, also returns for the Crimson, and will anchor penalty corners.

With the added depth to the squad Harvard will likely showcase new formations during the season to take advantage of its strong bench.

"[Caples] plans to use more of a two forward lineup instead of the three-forward one that we used last year," Kalil said. "We will substitute players more this year as a result to take advantage of our depth."

If the new field and strategy changes work for Harvard, a very successful campaign could be in the works for this season. Last year the Crimson suffered through many close losses, losing four of its games by one goal and four more by just two.

During the middle of the 1998 campaign, Harvard seemed to hit its stride, winning five contests in a row. But the streak ended when the Crimson fell to No. 6 Boston College and No. 4 Princeton in succession.

"We played very consistently in the middle of last season," Kalil said. "We peaked at that time, getting five straight wins. But then we lost to two strong opponents, B.C. and Princeton, and lost momentum for the rest of the year."

Those two losses--which were by the scores of 3-1 and 5-1, respectively--were followed by a 2-1 loss to No. 12 Northeastern. Harvard rebounded, however, winning against Ivy League foes Dartmouth and Brown to secure second place in the conference, before bowing out in the first round of the ECAC tournament to Yale.