This year, however, Cooley and Stefanchik both did make the Second Team.

Joining them are sophomore Kim Koral, who batted second for most of the season and, after a slow start, upped her average to near the .300 level; sophomore shortstop Rachel Goldberg, who was third on the team in both OBP and slugging; and sophomore pitcher Kara Brotemarkle, who led the team in ERA.

Both of Harvard’s All-Ivy Honorable Mention honorees—sophomore second baseman Sara Williamson and tri-captain Sarah Koppel—made the First Team last season.

Koppel had made the First Team every other year of her career, and was left off both the First and Second Team this year despite ranking fifth in the league in OBP and sixth in the league in slugging.

An All-Ivy Affair

As expected, the ECAC tournament features a four-team All-Ivy field, with Harvard seeded first, Cornell second, Dartmouth third and Columbia fourth.

Usually the tournament includes a more diverse field, but its unusually early date conflicted with several conference tournaments and made it nearly impossible for any schools but the Ivies to compete.

Nevertheless, the Crimson feels it has plenty to learn from the tournament.

“I think that it’ll be really good for us to go out and play some Ivy teams so we can get a taste of what next year will be like,” Whitton said. “It’s great that we’ll get some postseason play.”

The fact that Harvard has already finished above the other three teams in the Ivy standings won’t dampen the significance of winning the tournament.

“This definitely would mean something,” Whitton said. “We’ve never won a tournament.”

As with any team, Harvard wants a memorable ending for its seniors, especially Cherry Fu, who will play this weekend after being out for all but the tail end of the regular season.

“These are the last games for our seniors—that’s incentive enough for everyone to go play their hearts out,” Whitton said.

The double-elimination tournament will be played on Saturday and Sunday. Harvard’s first game is at 10 a.m. Saturday against Columbia. Game starting times run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.