After falling behind 2-1, Dinneen fought back to knot the score. "I picked up my tenacity in the fifth game," he said, and pulled out a narrow victory.

Segal took a two-game lead, only to see Coons fight back to tie the score. Some encouraging words from Dinneen inspired Segal to "play out of my head for 15 points," and win the match.

Senior Co-Captains Lubowitz and Spencer Brog turned in two of the best performances of the day, both winning in straight games. "They did exactly as I hoped they would do as captains," said Fish. "We could have really gotten hurt in the middle of the lineup, where Princeton is very strong. Their mental preparation was great," Fish added.

Throughout the contest the partisan Harvard crowd voiced its approval for every Crimson point and its disapproval for frequent bad "let" calls by a Tiger.

"The crowd really helps," said Harvard's national champion, Kenton Jernigan, who defeated Rob Hill at the top seed.

The gallery was especially vocal during the match between Richard Jackson and Tiger freshman Fazal Sheikh. When Sheikh swore at Jackson in the heat of battle, the curse could be heard throughout the bleachers, and elicited hisses and boos from the fans.

Sheikh's obscene gesture to the crowd only made matters worse. But Jackson, who has been sidelined with an assortment of injuries for most of this season, kept his cool. He calmly disposed of Sheikh, 3-0.

Mike Mack, who has been bothered by a bad back for most of the season, suffered the only Crimson loss. Playing with his nagging injury, he was not able to overcome the limits it imposed on him. He fell to Christian Griffin, 3-0.

Yesterday, the racquetmen traveled to New Haven to face Yale in the last dual match of the season.

They assured themselves of an undefeated record, trouncing the Elis, 9-0. All the members of the team played, and Harvard swept all of the matches, 21-0.

The only remaining competition for the Crimson is the MISRA national championships, next weekend in Annapolis, Md. Harvard is the defending national champion and a good bet to repeat.

Harvard 8, Princeton 1

1. Kenton Jernigan (H) d. Rob Hill, 3-1

2. David Boyum (H) d. Tom Shepherd, 3-1

3. Richard Jackson (H) d. Fazal Shekh, 3-0