The veteran shared her coach’s opinion that the squad simply had an off weekend.

“It’s definitely important not to let this take away from the success that we’ve had,” Sheldon said. “I still think we’re the best team in the league, even if this weekend that wasn’t the case.”

“We did everything we could to prepare for this weekend,” she added. “That’s the game, I guess…We got outplayed this weekend, and that happens.”

Junior Mia Kabasakalis turned in a 248 (85-78-85), good for a tie for 17th place, and senior Sarah Harvey (84-83-87) ended up 24th out of the 35-player field.

The league title gives Penn an automatic bid to an NCAA regional tournament. The Crimson has an outside chance at receiving an at-large bid to the postseason, but “the percentage is small, unfortunately,” Rhoads said.

Harvard’s third-place finish likely represents a disappointing conclusion to what Rhoads called “the best season we’ve ever had, up to this point.”

—Staff writer Dennis J. Zheng can be reached at dzheng12@college.harvard.edu.