Harvard's senior class--who will graduate aneven .500 in the Howe Cup--held up their end ofthe fort. No. 7 senior Leah Ramella notched theother Crimson win, 8-10, 9-4, 10-8, 9-2 oversenior Bebeth Schenck.
Both teams had breezed into the final round ofthe tournament. Harvard shut out Cornell 9-0 onFriday with all Crimson players turning in cleansheets--no one lost a game. On Saturday, Harvardmade similar short work of Trinity winning 8-1.
The Tigers blanked Brown 9-0 on Friday and sentPenn packing 7-2 on Saturday to setup the finalmatch.
Despite dropping to an Ivy rival, the loss wasjust Harvard's first of a season that still is notover. Harvard will host Yale on Wednesday.
With a win at the Murr Center, the Crimson canclaim at least one championship this season--anIvy League championship.
But, for a team that has dominated collegesquash for so long it would be a Pyrrhic title andthe season as dominating as it was, still adisappointment.