“[Victoria] needs to work on her defense and gain consistency with her rebounding,” Delaney-Smith adds. “But we’re pleased with where she is and she continues to get better and better everyday.”

With her impressive level of play, it is easy to forget that Lippert is only a freshman, still making the difficult transition from high school to Division I basketball. But in a new environment where new players are easily intimidated, Lippert has flourished.

“The [Division I] level is different from high school, but I love competing and I thrive in competitive environments,” Lippert says.

“She’s a great player, whatever age she is,” Brogan attests. “She may be a freshman, but she does not play like one at all.”

With five games remaining in the regular season, Lippert and her teammates will all have to step up their games to finish strong in conference play and notch wins in the postseason.

“We definitely want to get revenge against Princeton and Dartmouth,” Lippert says. “Everyone wants to beat us, but we just have to take care of ourselves at this point.”

Whatever the fate of this season’s Crimson team may be though, Lippert will remain an integral part in the years to come and will likely mature even further in her game.

“She’s going to be a great player in the future,” Brogan predicts. “She’ll do great things here.”

For now, Lippert is taking her first season, her success, and her future day-by-day.

“I have high expectations for what I do on the court and in life,” Lippert says. “I just try to push myself to be the best I can each and every day.”

—Staff writer B. Marjorie Gullick can be reached at gullick@college.harvard.edu.