NEW HAVEN--They're not ranked number one for nothing.

Saturday, Harvard's only number-one ranked teams--the men's and women's squash squads--upheld their ranking by capturing the national championship and Ivy titles.

In the showdown with the Elis Saturday afternoon, the racquetmen (11-0 overall, 4-0 Ivy) earned their sixth straight national nine-man and Ivy League championships with a 6-3 victory here over Yale.

Harvard, a winner of 69-straight games, has now won 27 national championships, which is equivalent to 27 NCAA championships. Harvard has also captured 28 Ivy League titles. Harvard's seniors will graduate without the Crimson ever dropping a dual match.

The racquetwomen (7-0 overall, 4-0 Ivy) captured the Ivy League and national nine-woman title with an 8-1 victory over Princeton at Hemenway Gym.

"This team didn't have the talent of the past four or five teams," Harvard Assistant men's Coach John Anz said "but they worked hard all year to get at the level of past teams."

The men's match opened with Jon Bernheimer's 15-8, 15-7, 15-12 loss to Alex Dean and Co-Captain Jack Polsky's 15-7, 12-15, 15-11, 15-12 victory over Eli Keith Flavell.

After dropping his first two games, Co-Captain Russ Ball rallied to win the next three games, 15-10, 15-6, 15-12. The senior mixed up corner shots and knicks in outplaying and outclassing his opponent, Cyrus Mehta.

Meanwhile, Jack Colbourne was in the same predicament as his teammate Ball. Tom Clayton, who gave the best imitation of John McEnroe, stormed to win the first two games, 15-10, 15-6.

But Colbourne rallied to tie the match at 2-2. In the fifth game, Clayton jumped out to an early lead, but he couldn't hold on to it, as Colbourne won the game, 15-9. Colbourne's win sealed the victory for the Crimson.

George Polsky dropped a tough, 7-15, 14-18, 15-11, 15-11, 15-10 decision to Yale's number eight, while Harvard's number five player, Jim Masland, had the easiest afternoon of anyone, destoying Erik Wohlgemuth in three games, 15-8, 15-7, 15-12. James Gilfillan captured a 15-17, 15-11, 18-15, 15-3 victory over Tyler Lonergan.

Harvard's number one player, Darius Pandole, dropped his first match of the year. The senior lost a tight, three-game match to John Musto.

Doug Lifford defeated his opponent in five games, 15-3, 13-15, 16-15, 11-15, 18-16to close out the Crimson's victory.

"We played pretty well," Bernheimer said. "Weknew what we had to do and we did it."

Women