According to Park, Graham relaxed the policy after a team meeting in late February, but only for individual tournaments. The 'no-studying' rule still applies at team tournaments, she said.

"That doesn't affect us at all," Park said. "There are no individual tournaments left on the schedule. I don't see what the big deal is about letting us study at tournaments."

Park wound up adhering to the policy and staying on the team, but at the cost of a possible year's delay before applying to med school.

"Because of the commitments, I was forced to drop Physics 11a and I can't take the MCAT's this April," Park said.

Minor Glitches

Apart from the players that have left, those that have stayed have been irritated by minor glitches in the program.

"Last year he forgot to remind us about an upcoming match [against Boston University]," Park said. "He wound up calling us all the day of the match and telling us to grab our rackets and run over to the courts so we wouldn't miss the game."

This year, the spring season began with a bitter aftertaste. A 6-1 trouncing of Providence came under scrutiny because the match was played under the men's format (which reduces the importance of the doubles contests in the final point totals) due to lack of court time at the Palmer-Dixon Indoor Tennis Courts.

David Benjamin, the president of the Intercolleigate Tennis Association, told The Crimson last night that the match would count in the standings, but McNabb still questioned why that format was necessary.

"It was ridiculous that we had to play like that," McNabb said. "It was Graham's fault for not setting it up right."

Graham defended his actions, saying he set the match up on short notice and the time at the facility had already been contracted out.

"We had used up our team allotments of dates," Graham said. "I felt it was important for the team to get in an extra match and I thought that a shortened match would be better than no match."

The Long Road Back

Several players said they had no problem with Graham.

Graham has recently responded to team wishes for more strenuous and regimented program, and has opened more lines of communication to his players, team members say.