"It was disappointing to lose on Friday, but I still believe that we have a stronger team than Yale," Baker said.

Baker clearly was disappointed with the team's performance on Friday, but he did remain optimistic and looked forward to a chance to prove his belief in four days time.

"Several of our guys did not race as well as they are capable of running, and I'm confident that we'll get our act together and beat schools better than Yale at New Englands this Friday," Baker said.

The women's race featured the traditional Harvard-Yale-Princeton format, and like their male counterparts, the Eli women won in convincing style. They beat Harvard by a score of 15-47 and Princeton by a likewise lopsided 18-43.

Yale took seven of the top eight finishes with only Princeton's Emily Kroshus' third place marring an Eli sweep.

Junior LeAnn Hymas finished with a time of 18:38, good enough for 10th place, and was the first Crimson runner to reach the finish.

Harvard also lost to Princeton in the tri-meet, 21-37.