But Quick soundly trounced Hall in three games, 9-0, 9-1, 9-1.

“I feel like every girl had a match where she freaked out because of nerves,” Hall said. “That was mine. I got it out of my system.”

The loss sent Hall to a rematch with the under-19 U.S. champ Lorentzen, whom she had beaten three times this year.

The fourth time proved no different, as Hall cruised to an easy 3-0 win and a fifth-place finish in the trials.

Five of the competing players had Crimson connections—Lorentzen, a high school senior, has been accepted to Harvard but will take a year off and is expected to enroll in fall 2005. Lorentzen finished sixth overall, while Wing took eighth. Margaret Elias ’02, who is currently an assistant coach for the Crimson, also competed in the trials, finishing seventh overall.

The Harvard presence at the trials could have easily been greater had junior Lindsey Wilkins continued to contend for a spot on the national team.

“I was on the team, but I’m working in New York this summer,” Wilkins said, a touch regretfully.

—Staff writer Lisa J. Kennelly can be reached at kennell@fas.harvard.edu.