Kevin Jernigan and Joe Dowling both won handily at five and six, while at seven, freshman Darius Padole fell to Princeton's Doug Crucksheak, 3-1. However, 3-0 victories for Jack Polsky and David Segal in the bottom spots sealed the Crimson victory.
"This was the last time we'll all play together as a team," Dinneen remarked. "This was a great way to finish up."
The Crimson's top six will travel to West Point this weekend to compete for the national six-man championship and attempt to complete their sweep of the three major college squash titles.
Racqueticomen Win
The Harvard women's squash team handed Dartmouth a 9-0 thrashing Saturday at Hemenway Gym, raising the Crimson's duai match record to 7-0.
More important, the victory leaves the racquetwoman only one step away from the national dual-match championship and the Ivy crown. The Crimson will host Yale on Tuesday with a chance to claim those two honors.
Harvard had to face the Big Green, whom Crimson coach Priscilla Choate claimed "we always have a healthy respect for," without two of their top three players.
Nevertheless, Harvard came away with a solid victory, as only Marty Winnick at number four and number nine Liz Reynolds lost a game. The rest of the racquetwomen scored 3-0 victories, including Co-Captain Mary Hulbert who shut down Julia Lane, the Big Green's top player.
The victory will give the Crimson plenty of momentum to carry it into the climactic match with Yale on Tuesday. Also, with the return of Edge and Boyum to the lineup, Harvard will have some added firepower.
The Bulldogs will-be trying to avenge the 7-0 defeat they suffered at the hands of the Crimson just over two weeks ago at the Howe Cup Tournament, which Harvard took to claim the national team championship.
The racquetwomen will be looking for a repeat. "We beat them at the Howe Cup, so we're pretty confident," junior Kate Dunham said.
Choate stressed the importance of the match by pointing out that the Crimson now has a chance to capture the dual match championship to go along with the national team championship that the racquetwomen claimed at the Howe Cup.
"No Harvard women's squash team has ever done that before," Choate said. "That's what makes this match so important."