The Harvard squash teams have an impressive history with both winning five consecutive national championships during the 1990s.

The men held the national title from1994-1998 while the women held the national crown from1993-1997, but both teams lost a little of that luster, and former Coach William Doyle resigned after the 1998-99 season.

Last year, in the first season under Coach Satinderpal Bajwa, the Crimson went on to have successful years despite tremendous losses to graduation. But ultimately, the squash program at Harvard is judged on the basis of national championships and this year's teams, with a year under Bajwa and a prominent class of recruits, will be held to the highest standard.

"My mission for both the men and the women is to finish the season having maximized his/her potential to the fullest," Bajwa said.

Men

The 1998-99 men's season saw the Crimson finish with a 13-3 record and a first-place finish at the United States Squash Racquets Association (USSRA) Team Invitational, a national invitational that does not determine the national champion.

In the national championships, the men reached the finals for the second straight year, but lost to Trinity for the second time in two years. This year, the Crimson will rely upon captains Shondip Ghosh and Deepak Graham to help lead the team back to the top of the national rankings.

This year's preseason is off to a good start, with the men taking a match from Princeton, 6-3, at the Ivy scrimmages. Princeton was a team that beat Harvard in the regular season last year and the team that Harvard had to overcome in the national semifinals to face Trinity.