The senior went undefeated during the ITCAtournament held earlier in the month. Mulvehal isone of the toughest players to beat at thenumber-five position.
At number six and seven, Nicole Rival andfreshman Jennifer Minkus have switched back andforth so far this year.
Minkus won the flight-six singles at theSyracuse Invitational and has made a lot ofprogress since her arrival at Harvard. AgainstSMU, she teamed up with Farrell to clinch thefifth match for the Crimson.
Rival posted a 2-1 record last fall. She alsodefeated Fordham's numberone JV singles player togive the JV team its first-ever win over Fordham.
The Race Is On
With the loss of only one player from lastyear's 20-7 team, the team has a strong nucleus ofplayers returning and a host of experienced ones,too.
"It's going to be a close race," Krass said."We can't take anything for granted."
The Harvard JV team is also looking for anothersuccessful season. The roster: Carolyn Barnett,Eva Blazek, Debbie Cohen, Lisa Cutone, LynnDavenport, Kirsten Dirksen, Stacey Greenebaum,Sharon Kosakowski and Roopal Shah