Then, in the Princeton Invitational, despite a consistent three rounds from Pollak, it again proved not enough to make up for the Crimson’s poor putting. The team finished 8th out of 12, behind every other conference team besides Cornell with less than two weeks until the championship.

“We played poorly, especially against the Ivy League,” Pollak said. “We each made several costly mistakes and ended up unable to add up a couple good scores.”

In a week’s time, this was no longer the case. After rebounding to win their next tournament, the Century Intercollegiate, Pollak and the team looked poised to compete.

“We needed that confidence boost,” Pollak said. “This was one of the first times everyone came together and played well. We hung in there, fought it out, and were able to do well as a team.”

But, mirroring most of this season, the Harvard golfers had trouble finding success against the Ancient Eight in Galloway, N.J.

The Crimson finished 37 strokes short of the Ivy League title, besting only Brown and Cornell for sixth place and capping their season in what can only be described as an average performance.

“There’s nothing else to say,” Pollak said. “No one had a spectacular individual performance, and we couldn’t pull one together as a team.”

While the former claim may not be true—Pollak was awarded second-team All Ivy honors for his play—the latter was undoubtedly the story of this year’s squad.

“Our goal every year is to win the Ivy League,” Burke said. “It’s hard to do that playing the way we did. But with one more year under their belts, and some hard work in the summer, I think this team can change that result next year.”

—Staff writer Yoan D. N’Komba can be reached at nkomba@college.harvard.edu.