The varsity tennis team ought to have its easiest match of the year today when it faces Brown on the Soldiers' Field courts at 2 p.m.

The Bruins, doormats of the Eastern League last year with a 2-13 record, will probably be fighting it out with Columbia for the distinction of finishing tenth in the ten-team league this season. So far this year they have dropped 9-0 matches to Wesleyan and Rhode Island, after bowing to Rollins and Florida State on their vacation trip.

Harvard, on the other hand, currently boasts a 9-2-1 record and is unbeaten in its last 10 matches. Number one player Frank Ripley is having a sensational year; he hasn't lost in intercollegiate competition and some of his opposition has been very good indeed.

The Brown match is the first of three this week for the varsity; a simply incredible schedule has them playing in Cambridge Friday and then flying in Ithaca Saturday to face Cornell.

The match Friday should be one of the year's best; the opposition is Pennsylvanis, one of the three best teams in the Eastern League.

Last year the Quakers' match with Harvard was all tied up at 4-4 when darkness set in; Bob Inman and Dean Peckham had to come from behind to win the third doubles match, playing on indoor courts, for the Crimson to eke out a 5-4 win.

Moreover, Penn's top three players, power-hitting John Reese, temperamental Bailey Brown, and backcourt specialist Richie Kolker, are all back in action this year.