Conditioned by California tennis, the team had no problem blasting its first two league foes, Penn, 6-0, and Columbia, 7-0.

The team knew going into the Princeton meet on April 15 that the Tigers would be a more formidable foe, but they had no idea just how-formidable. Princeton was targeted to finish second or third in the league, well ahead of Penn and Columbia but behind Harvard. But the Tigers came into the meet extremely fired up, and snuck away with a 4-3 win.

The loss crushed any chance Harvard might have had to make it to the NCAA championships, and put its quest for a league title in jeopardy.

"Coming into the season we wanted to win the Ivies outright," Majmudar said earlier in the season. "The Princeton loss changed that. It is disappointing, but at this point we'll be happy with a tie."

Unfortunately, the team wouldn't even get that. It garnered a much needed 5-1 win against Yale on April 22 and trounced an overmatched Brown team on April 23, 7-0, but then was soundly beaten by Dartmouth on April 26, 5-2.

The team ended the season on a solid note, beating Cornell, 5-2 on April 29, but had to settle for a third-place finish in the league.

Pacing the team on the season was Brenner,, who posted a 28-10 record (14-2 at number-one singles); Majmudar, who went 23-8 through the season (13-4 number-two singles); and Roiter, who went 14-6 overall in a number of slots.

The squad's finish was disappointing, but it can take solace in the fact that it will only get better next season--it will not lose any players to graduation.

"The good thing about the year is that we have a little time to develop," Brenner said earlier in the season. "We're continually trying to improve all the aspects of our game, and we're confident that will pay off."

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Record: 10-6

Ivy League : 5-2

Key Player: Jill Brenner (28-10), Gina Majmdar (23-8), Kate Roiter (14-6)

Seniors: None