Racquetmen Defeat Williams, 8-1; Fish Upsets Ephs at Number One

Playing without its number one man, Harvard's varsity squash team trounced a good Williams squad, 8-1, Saturday on the Hemenway courts.

The win was the Crimson's sixth straight this season, and the margin of victory should convince several more Harvard fans to travel to Penn next month.

Sophomore Pete Briggs was sidelined with a cold, but every Crimson player, except Jaime Gonzales at number two, successfully advanced a position. Harvard only lost-one individual game all season.

The outcome of the match was never in doubt as five of Harvard's bottom six swept their matches in three games.

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The most outstanding victory of the day came at number one, where junior Dave Fish rallied from behind to beat Williams' Ty Griffin.

Fish had lost to Williams' number three man, Mike Taylor, over the Christmas vacation, but he easily won the first game of his match Saturday, 15-6. Griffin rallied to take the second game and built a 7-2 lead in the third. Fish won six of the next seven points,but then lost the game to fall behind 2-1 in games.

Fish decisively evened the match in the fourth game and went ahead 12-9 in the final match, but Griffin took the next five points to move ?o match point. Fish won the next long point and Griffin fanned on the following serve to tie the match.

As Fish went to serve, Griffin called for a one-point set. Fish dropped his racquet and laughed nervously, but he came back to beat Griffin with a drop shot in the deep corner.

Gonzales came within a few points of completing the Crimson sweep. He lost in three close games after easily taking the opening game, 8-15, 15-12, 17-14, 15-13.