One team is the defending national champions, an up-and-coming program with top recruits and international stars. The other is the No. 2 team in the country, a well-established program with a history for winning it all.

So when the No. 2 Harvard Crimson to Hartford to take on top-ranked Trinity College tomorrow, it's no ordinary men's dual squash meet.

"Yeah, I'd call it a grudge match," said captain Tim Wyant.

Harvard squash is perhaps the most dominant collegiate sports program in any sport, ever. Thirty-one national team championships, 33 Ivy League titles, and 26 individual national champions attest to that fact. But last season, Trinity defeated the Crimson in both the regular season and in the national championship game, and Wyant hasn't forgotten.

"For the past four seasons, we've been the 1-2 teams," Wyant said.

Trinity has had superior recruiting for the last several years and boasts two-time national champion Marcus Cowie. The Bantams boast talent at all nine positions and are favorites to repeat as national champs. That means nothing, though, when the Crimson come to town, as the best junior squash players in the world comprise both teams' lineups.

Harvard is led by Wyant, who has played in the No. 1 position for the Crimson this year. Following him in the lineup are two juniors, Deepak Abraham and Grey Witcher. Peter Karlen, last year's No. 1, plays at four. Harvard scored the country's top recruit, Dylan Patterson, who is the only freshman in the lineup at No. 5. He's also suffering from a back injury, which may or may not prevent him from competing Saturday.

The bottom of the lineup is brought up by much of last year's middle order. Juniors Shondip Ghosh, Andrew Merrill and Rob Pike play at six, seven, and eight, while sophomore Dave Barry rounds out the team.