Everything was sunshine for Harvard's tennis team Saturday as the Crimson netmen crushed a highly-rated Amherst squad 9-0. Unusually high temperatures only added fuel to the hot Crimson rackets as the Harvard players eliminated their opponents in rapid succession.

Junior John Levin led the rout by scoring a decisive 6-1, 7-5 triumph over Amherst star Rick Steketee at number one singles. Levin outsteadied Steketee throughout the opening set, hitting a continuous barrage of groundstrokes deep to his opponent's backhand. After slipping behind 3-1 in the second set, Levin reversed his strategy and repeatedly charged the net. His crisp volleys quickly put the match out of reach.

Rocky Jarvis overcame the mechanical style of Amherst's Bob Duss to win a slow-motion battle at number two singles 7-5,6-3. Normally an aggressive hitter, "the Rock" proved his versatinty by remaining at the baseline and giving Duss a lesson at his own game.

Beery Jose Gonzales sweated out a victory at the number three singles spot. The Harvard captain never stopped hustling as he rolled to a 6-1, 6-4 triumph.

A preasant surprise for coach Jack Barnaby was the spirited performance of Harvard's lower singles players. Terry Oxford, Steve Devereux, and sophomore Larry Terrerl swept past their opponents with devastating ease. If their play continues to improve, these three could erase the question marks which puntuated Barnaby's preseason prognostications.

With victory already assured, Barnaby shuffled his doubles lineup to test Oxford and Marty Flusser at the number two position. After dropping the first set 6-4, they rebounded to capture the next two by scores of 6-3 and 7-5.

Levin and Jarvis demonstrated that their debacle at M.I.T. in the season's opener was an accident. Playing in midseason form, they humbled Amherst's number one combination 6-1, 6-1.

Terrell and Rick Sterne completed the whitewash with a convincing 7-5, 6-0 triumph at number three.