Netters Expect Victory Over Wellesley Today

"It may not be a steam roll, but I feel certain we'll win," said Radcliffe tennis coach Jean Evans of today's match with Wellesley.

Evan's confidence rests on the experienced team she is fielding. Having lost only two players from last year's team, neither of them singles players, Radcliffe has an edge on Wellesley.

'Handly'

"Realistically I think we'll win handily," Evans said. "Wellesley lost its top singles player as well as several others in important positions, and has a very fresh team."

Last weekend the Radcliffe netters competed in the New England Collegiate Tennis Tournament for Women, which was held at Yale.

In that tournament Joy Skon '73, number one singles, played "better than anyone from Radcliffe has done in the last four or five years," Evans said.

Skon took her first match by default and won her second round in three long sets. Saturday she upset the third and fifth seeded players in the tournament. Finally, she lost in semifinals the following day to top-seeded Lisa Rosenbloom, a Yale student.

Radcliffe's other players in the tournament were less successful than Skon. Meg Morgan '73, number two singles, lost her second round match.

Double players Amy Moss '74 and Sarah Stearns '75 won their first round pretty, handily, but "lost their concentration in the next round, and lost," Evans said.

Radcliffe's other doubles team, Jill Robinson '75 and Vivian Clark '75, played "some pretty good people in the first round and had lost pretty handily," she added.

'Just a Dribbling'

"The number of schools going coed, like Yale, may have influenced girls' attitudes towards sports. Usually we have just a dribbling of people in the fall, so his is really encouraging for the spring. We currently have two strings of good strong people. The top people dominate, but we have good depth."