Junior guard Breean Walas will also attract attention from defenders after averaging 8.5 points per game, shooting 51 percent from the field and hitting 84 percent from the penalty stripe.

Sophomore Katie Romey is considered deadly from long-range, and Coach Marnie Dacko expects senior forward Jennifer Linker to provide even more offensive firepower.

Among Cornell's unknown factors is freshman Dani Aretino, an intimidating presence around the net. Aretino and fellow rookie Tanya Karcic will compete for playing time at the forward position this year.

7. Columbia

Even though Columbia has little chance of winning the Ivies, don't be surprised if the Lions foil the postseason plans of a few other teams in the league.

The Lions' hopes for a championship season were crushed when 6'3 sophomore Shaunte Edmonds, who had averaged 8.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game during her rookie season, decided to leave the team.

Its league opponents, however, should remember that Columbia has always relished the role of the surprise spoiler, shocking both Penn and Harvard last season while both teams were grappling for position atop the league.

In Edmonds' absence, senior Shawnee Pickney will anchor the frontcourt. Pickney led the team last season with 10.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, and will headline a relatively young corps of forwards. Assisting Pickney will be sophomore Katie Day, who averaged 5.1 points and 4.3 boards in only 13 minutes of play in her rookie year.