Racquetmen Stay Unbeaten With 9-0 Win Over Tigers

For the first time in the 37-year history of Harvard-Princeton squash matches, the Tigers fell yesterday without winning a single match. But the victory, the Crimson's ninth consecutive win of the season, was less decisive than the 9-0 score indicates.

Captain Laury Terrell and sophomores Dave Fish and Aian Quasha rolled to easy three game sweeps. Three more Harvard raequetmen. Ed Atwood, Jaime Gonzales, and Reggie Foster, dropped one game because of lax play. All three players quickly ended their matches after intermission to assure Harvard of the victory.

But Princeton appeared headed toward triumph in three matches before determined Crimson efforts from John Ince. Fernando Gonzalez, and Pete Abrams preserved the shutout.

Ince had the most difficult assignment, playing against Princeton's nationally ranked John MacColl. The Harvard senior fell behind in the opening games, 15-12, 12-15, 9-15, and was d??n 13-11 in the crucial fourth game.

Ince seemed to give the match away on his next point when he called a let against himself even though MacColl denied the obstruction. The gentlemanly gesture did not hurt Ince, though, as he won the next two points and then swept a three-point overtime set. In the final game Ince maintained his momentum, triumphing at 15-7.

Fernando Gonzalez split his first two games with senior Tom Ross, 15-8, 5-15, and then blew a two point advantage in the third at 13-11, Ross swept a five point session to take a 2-1 advantage into intermission. After the break Gonzalez took his revenge, dominating the contest, 15-2, 15-5.

At number seven. Pete Abrams dropped a close first game to the Tigers' Rusty Johnson. 12-15, but then fought back to lead in the match, 15-9, 15-2. During intermission several of the Princeton players who had already been eliminated told Johnston of a flaw they thought they saw in Abrams' game.

In the fourth game. Johnston extended Abrams to a 13-13 tie and chose to play a five-point overtime set. Abrams fell behind quickly, losing four straight points.

At this moment coach Jack Barnaby walked into the gallery. Abrams next point and Barnaby asked. "What's the score?" When the reply came. "1-4 in a five-point set." Barnaby's face remained completely blank and calm. Abrams did not disappoint his coach, s??eeping the last four points for victory.