Ezra's annhilation of the 64-person field at the inter-collegiate individual tournament at Brown closed out his brilliant college career. He is the first winner of four soft-ball championships in intercollegiate history and only the fifth collegian to win three hard-ball titles. In Ezra's tenure, Harvard has won an astounding four regular-season championships and three Potter Cups.

"He is arguably the best player at Harvard ever," Doyle said.

With the loss of Ezra, Harvard obviously has some big shoes to fill next season.

Tal Ben-Shachar, Joe Kaplan and Andy Walter will from the nucleus of the squad. Mike Masland, Michael Oh, and Ted Brunner are also expected to make significant contributions.

"We have a good core of guys coming back for next year," Doyle said. "We also have some promising recruits."

Ben-Schachar is not worried about next year's team. According to him, the Harvard squash tradition transcends individuals.

"I think the strength of the ream this year was the fact that we were so cohesive," the sophomore said. "Although the individual players will always be very important, our main strength continues to be the fact that we are a team."