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Squash Wrap Up: Men's And Women's Squads Dominate

After victory after victory after victory, the squash season is over.

Last weekend marked the end of the season for both Harvard's men's and women's squads. For the men, that meant an end to the team's national championship dream season. The undefeated squad did not lose a regular or post-season match, and it yielded only 10 of 135 individual games in dual matches.

Of its top five players, three--first-year Adrien Ezra, junior Jeremy Fraiberg and sophomore Marty Clark--emerged as the top intercollegiate players in the nation last weekend. And Ezra captured the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year, while Fraiberg nailed the prestigious Player of the Year award.

For the women, a mid-season 5-4 loss to Princeton brought to light two things.

One, it showed them how very, very close they were to becoming the national champions for the second year in a row. Just a couple more points in that fifth game and...

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Two, it also showed them that being the best was a thing of the past, and possibly a thing of the future. The present, however, belonged mostly to the undefeated Tigers.

But part of it, perhaps, belonged to players like freshman Jordanna Fraiberg, who defeated Tigers firstseed Hope McKay in the regular season, and last weekend emerged as the second-ranked player in the nation.

It's people like her, and like undefeated, and often unnoticed, men's ninth seed Neal Tew, that make up the future of Harvard squash.

Here's a look at the accomplishments of each member of the men's and women's squash teams:

THE MEN:

Jeremy Fraiberg: Second-seeded intercollegiate player in the nation...Awarded Player of the Year, All-Ivy, and All-American status by Intercollegiate Squash Association...Suffered one defeat to Sunhil Desai, brother of Harvard racquetwoman Vanya Desai, during regular season matches. His only other defeat was to reigning two-year United States Squash and Raquet Association champion, Hector Barrigan of Mexico. Their five-game, two-and-a-half hour match was unofficially recorded as the longest match in U.S.S.R.A. history.

Marty Clark: Third-seeded inter-collegiate player in the nation.. All-Ivy and All-American...Clark suffered one defeat, to Princeton's Bob White.

Jonny Kaye: Tri-captain, re-elected as next season's co-captain. All-Ivy and All-America...Despite worries the native Israeli may have had about his homeland, Kaye suffered only one defeat, to Princeton's Alex Marx..."He is one of the most honest kids on the court you'll ever see," coach Steve Piltch said.

Jon Masland: Tri-captain...Undefeated regular season...The only person to correctly predict, in public, the final 7-2 win over Yale that gave the men the national championship.

Jon Karlen: One of the three freshmen that Piltch said would go down as "some of the best players Harvard squash has ever seen."...Suffered one defeat, to Yale's Reed Frank.

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