Netwomen Slam Tufts, 8-1

After dropping a tough 5-4 decision to Harvard last fall, the Tufts women's tennis coach reportedly challenged the ethical standards of the Crimson netwomen. We can only guess what he went off mumbling after yesterday's 8-1 Crimson rout.

Taking five of the six singles matches and clinching the victory before the start of doubles play, the Harvard racquetwomen turned this edition of their bitter rivalry with the Jumbos into a tune-up for the weekend's New England Championships.

Sophomore Tiina Bougas continued a season of strong play at the number one slot yesterday, demolishing Tufts' Michele Rosen, 6-1, 6-1. Bougas bombarded her opponent with a bewildering variety of ground strokes to get the Crimson off on the right foot.

Machine-Gun Kalish

Debbie Kalish and Martha Roberts also had little trouble in dispatching their adversaries at the sixth and fourth spots respectively. Kalish completely outgunned Ilene Zucker on the way to a 6-1, 6-2 triumph, and Roberts used a powerful serve and volley game to take a 6-2, 6-3 win.

In the fifth singles match, Meg Meyer made quick work of what had looked to be a touch opponent. Up against Ellen Jacobs, Tufts' number two player last year, Meyer played the baseline to the tune of a 6-2, 6-2 decision.

Maria Pe had a bit more trouble in her match at second singles, but not all of it came from the Tufts player. Bothered by the high winds and low temperatures, Pe eventually settled down to take a 6-4, 6-3 decision.

Harvard's only loss of the day came at the third singles slot. Slowed by illness the past couple of weeks, freshman Erica Schulman was beaten by a fever and cough more than by the Tufts player, losing to a woman she had beaten in the second round of the GBCs.

In the doubles segment, the number-three team of Susan Morganstein and Kristen Mertz looked good in a 6-0, 6-3 win, while the top two teams of Roberts-Pe and Meyer-Kalish dropped only three games between them in taking straight set triumphs.

THE NOTEBOOK--Harvard will place two entries in both the singles and doubles draws in the New England Championships at Amherst.