Peter Havens lost by a single point in the fifth and deciding game, Cass Sunstein by a similar margin in the fourth game, and Ned Bacon fell after a tough struggle in the fourth game as well.

The Final Member

It is the final member of the team, though, who deserves the MVP, for without Barnaby's tutelage, the players might still be holding Princeton's racquets.

"His record speaks for itself," Sunstein said, "he's the best." According to Havens (John), "he fosters an attitude that makes everyone want to practice. I believe whatever he says." Or, as Wiegand says in explaining the team's showing thus far, "it's a combination of a team which is teachable and ready to work and a really good teacher."

So while the coach praise the players, and the players laud the coach, and they all await next Saturday's Penn match, the top five players will be in Philadelphia this weekend competing in the national (as opposed to the intercollegiate) championships.

Individual and team competitions are staged with the Crimson, as well as other top collegiate squads and those from all over the country, competing in the latter division. Harvard opens against a team from Baltimore tonight, and if the past is any indication of things to come, you needn't be too surprised if the Crimson raises a few eyebrows in Philly--not with Jack Barnaby calling the shots.