“It was a great honor to make the NCAA tournament,” Green said. “It was also a great learning experience for our team. We learned we can compete against nationally-ranked teams. Next year, we know that, and we can raise our goals and be prepared to win the first round.”

In addition to the team’s success, individual players earned accolades of their own.

Cao went 15-4 (5-2 Ivy) at No. 1, culminating in an Ivy-best No. 73 ITA ranking and a berth in the NCAA singles championships, which began yesterday.

Freshman Hideko Tachibana went 14-6 (6-1 Ivy) at No. 2 to unanimously win Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Both she and Cao earned unanimous All-Ivy First Team honors.

At No. 3, Norton went 14-7 (5-2 Ivy) and made the All-Ivy Second Team, while Rosekrans found her groove at No. 4 after the California match, winning eight straight matches before losing at Dartmouth.

Cao and Rosekrans teamed up to unanimously make the All-Ivy First Team in doubles, while Tachibana and Norton made the second team.

With this year’s successes, the Crimson looks to improve once again next season.

As a squad not losing any seniors to graduation and recruiting three incoming freshmen, the 2010-11 campaign holds high expectations for Harvard women’s tennis.

“Next year, I think we’ll be setting the bar higher and trying to maintain our top-40 ranking,” Rosekrans said.

—Staff writer Eric L. Michel can be reached at emichel@fas.harvard.edu.