"He's instilled in me the confidence that I could get better, that there were new heights I could reach--and I did reach them," Morrissey says.

Reynolds echoes this sentiment. "He knows the game better than anyone," she says. "He doesn't teach just the technical skills, but he teaches the mental approach to the game."

Now, one day before they enter the intercollegiate championships for their last college squash matches, the two are preparing to finally go their separate ways.

Morrissey, an economics major, hopes to go to New York to become an investment banker. Reynolds, a government major, will broaden her international experience by attending Cambridge University on a Charles Henry Fiske Scholarship next year.

However, Reynolds won't leave fair Harvard without first fulfilling her squash dream.

"I have a dream," Reynolds laughs, "to hit a good three-wall nick."

Meanwhile, Morrissey's already reached her squash goal.

"I'm just happy to be a member of such a great team," she says. "The team is a fundamental part of my time at Harvard."

Before last Sunday's Dartmouth match, Morrissey and Reynolds got up from the wooden squash stands at Hemenway Gymnasium, wished each other luck in their upcoming matches, and walked to their separate courts.

After this weekend's national competition, these two companions, teammates, and competitors will walk away from the courts together for the final time--leaving behind a shared legacy of excellence, but heading down separate paths.