They thought it would be more a weekend warm-up than a match. But the Crimson requirement were barely able to work up a sweat as they massacred MIT in Engineer territory last night. 9-0.

One by one, the Harvard squash men methodically squetched every Engineer effort. If you could call it that. Puffing and perspired, the embarrassed MIT squad was unable to clinch a single game from the greedy Harvard squad.

The Crimson's top ranked Peter Blasier faced the only real competition all evening--an able Pakastani opponent, Masood Ahmed. But Blasier remained fast and unflustered, calmly clobbering MIT's only hope with crisp precise shots. 15-10, 15-11, 15-12.

Dick Cashin, playing in the number three spot, faced an Engineer he rated as "something less than excellent" The 6 ft. 4 in. Cashin, also a member of last summer's gold-medal winning U.S. heavyweight crew, defeated MIT's somewhat smaller Paul Menig with hard, straight and criss-cross serves which Menig was unable to master. Cashin dominated the center court, forcing the Engineer to run, not dally-dally, to his doom. 15-7, 15-9, 15-11.

Each Crimson player effectively executed his MIT opponent in the first three games. Ninth ranked Cass Sunstein had the easiest duel of the night, crasing his MIT foe with 15-3, 15-7 and 15-2 tallies.

Though the faquetmen enjoyed the? exercise they are looking forward to a "real" match this weekend which will determine the national squash championship.

The Crimson's most important match is against Princeton on the Tiger courts Saturday. The undefeated Princeton team, which defeated a potent Penn squad. 8-1, last night, remains the team to beat for the national title. "The paper predictions put Princeton on top but I feel argumentative with them," Barnaby said. "We've been working hard. And that's all I have to say."

Barnaby explained that he did not know how this year's Crimson squad compares with last year's, which after suffering its only defeat to Princeton, shared with Princeton the Ivy and national titles. He said the '75 squad has not yet had a chance to prove itself against a tough team.

"I think we have good potential," Barnaby said. "I know that the other guys are good, but I have a lot of confidence in my guys too."

Cashin was much more confident. "We're the meanest dudes in the valley," he said.