"Any tournament of several matches will help us," Walter said. "We do play in non-collegiate matches to keep us sharp, but it's always good to play people that you don't get to see every day."
Harvard also sent their No. 2 five-man squad to the tournament, and even they finished in the 9th-12th place bracket in the tournament.
Harvard's squash team also travels long distances regularly, trips that do nothing but help the squad.
Now practice is the only thing on the player's minds, as Harvard will have a month to train until its next matches against Princeton and Yale.
Yale played in the tournament, too, but also placed in the 9th-12th place bracket.
"It was definitely a strong showing for both teams," Walter said. "But we're not going to let it get us over-confident."