New experiences awaited both Eynon and Fraiberg when they came to Harvard, as both tried to get used to playing on an actual squash team for the first time in their lives.

"I didn't apply to many schools--only Harvard and Yale," Fraiberg said. "I decided to come to Harvard because I knew the coach, and I had been here a couple times before, and I liked the place.

"I was playing number one [seed] from the start, so [freshman year] wasn't as intimidating as it could have been. Doing team play was different, instead of practicing on my own. I had to conform to team practice times and rules. But it's nice to have a team behind you."

Eynon attributes her success at Harvard to the coaching staff.

"I came here mostly because of academics," Eynon said. "And I couldn't have gotten better coaching anywhere else. We have Jack Barnaby ['32], who is an amazing man--a legend. He knows a lot about strategy."

Eynon also plays for the Harvard women's soccer team, but being a female Bo Jackson doesn't bother her.

"It's not too bad of a transition," she said. "Growing up I'd always play about five sports, so it's not too bad. The toughest problem is mental--once the [fall] soccer season is over, it's like a relief, because soccer is so demanding mentally."

Fraiberg, on the other hand, devotes all of her athletic ability to squash. But that is not her only activity.

"Last year, I took off eight months to go to India," Fraiberg said. "I wanted to go somewhere completely different--away from squash and athletics. There were 15 of us in the program, and we spent most of the class time amongst ourselves. And we would also go on excursions into villages. It was really informal.

"But when we came back, I got sick for weeks, and missed a few tournaments, and had trouble getting back into squash."

Softball: A New Beginning

This season marks a new beginning for women's collegiate squash. The teams voted to change from hard balls to soft balls, which means different court dimensions and a different type of game.

"I grew up on soft balls--they only really play hard in the U.S.," Fraiberg said. "It's good for high level players. [With soft balls] it is more challenging, more tactical. It also lessens the chance of flukey shots, so the good players will win."

"It's not a bad transition for me," Eynon said. "I played both growing up. Many people think that only hard [ball games] are fun, but I actually think soft [balls] is a fun game--you have to run your opponent."

Soft balls or hard balls, Eynon and Fraiberg are obliterating their opponents with ease.