Ball continued to cruise, recording a 15-10, 15-7, 15-5 decison over Tufts number-one player Rusty Hashim, and a 15-10, 15-3, 15-9 over Chris Spharr in the semifinals.

In his first round match, Harvard's Jack Colbourne recorded a 15-18, 15-8, 15-9, 10-15, 15-7 victory over Princeton's Craig Medvecky. Colbourne then dropped a 15-4, 12-15, 15-13, 17-16 to former Princeton player Lupe Evanwer.

Harvard's Jon Bernheimer lost a tough 15-11, 15-12, 15-12 decision to former number-two Princeton squash player Tom Shepard. Harvard's Jim Masland opened his draw with a victory over Pete Rosta but then dropped a 17-15, 15-9, 15-13 match to Hashim.

After receiving a first-round bye, Harvard's Darius Pandole crushed Bruce Haupteaur in straight-games. Pandole then met freshman sensation John Musto of Yale. Pandole recorded a hard-fought 9-15, 15-8, 15-8, 9-15, 15-12 victory.

Pandole then recorded a 15-13, 15-7, 16-17, 15-10 victory over Evanwer, before losing to Dulmage 6-15, 15-18, 16-15, 15-12, 15-10. Dulmage rallied from a match point deficit in the third game.

Women

On the women's side, Edge--seeded sixth in the tournament--lost, 3-1, to number-one seed Alicia McConnell in the quarterfinals. Edge later went on to win the Feed-In Consolation, good for fifth place overall in the tournament.

"I thought it went well, although I was hoping to do a little bit better," Edge said. "There was a lot of tough competition."

Freshman Stephanie Clark had a tough draw and lost in first round play.

"I was very nervous, but it was the best experience," Clark said. "I was pretty down and out about getting out so early, but I wasn't as experienced as a lot of the players in their late 30's and early 40's."

Drawing the number one seed, McConnell ended the hopes of Hope Nichols with a 3-0 bashing. Emily Knowlton was the third Crimson player to be knocked out in the first round. Knowlton lost to Ginger Ponce de Leon in four games.

Jenny Holleran, the number two player for Harvard, played teammate Knowlton in the first round of play. Holleran later advanced to the second round before losing, 3-0, to Nancy Gengler.