Men's competitive action begins this weekend with another tournament at Yale. The Crimson hopes to open the season with a solid victory and carry that momentum over the shortened spring schedule.
"This weekend's tournament at Yale would be a great place to tell the other Ivy teams that we're playing well and ready to take the trophy back to Cambridge," Jackson wrote.
Looking Up
Last fall, the women never found their rhythm against a competitive field, but still managed to finish sixth overall at the Mt. Holyoke Tournament in October. Ivy League foes, especially Princeton and Yale, frustrated the team throughout the season, so the Crimson focused much of its off-season effort toward improving its ability to compete against such strong opponents. Though the team's 17th-place finish at the ECAC Championships capped the fall season, captain Jennifer Laine remains realistically optimistic about the team's goals for the spring tournaments.
"Princeton and Yale are really strong teams," Laine said. "We are a stronger team this spring than we were last spring, so we are looking forward to a successful season."
Perhaps the squad's greatest asset this season is, surprisingly, its lack of a superstar. Without a crutch to lean upon during slumps, the team has become a much more cohesive unit. Laine and junior Marcie Chan bring the only source of veteran leadership to the team, so the younger players will have to learn quickly if the team is going to succeed this season.
"This spring we are going to improve upon the success of the fall by stepping up our intensity and competitiveness," sophomore Maureen Shannon, who is also a Crimson editor, wrote in an e-mail message. "Our greatest strength is our team depth--we do not rely on a single player like other teams."
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