Racquetwomen Slaughter Tufts

The Radcliffe Varsity tennis juggernaut continues to steamroll along, as yesterday the women in white embarassed the future dental hygenists of America, flattening Tufts 7-0 for their fourth straight win of a so far perfect season.

Tufts managed to take only one set the entire afternoon after losing the services of number one player Judy Jacobs.

The top three singles players experienced no difficulties in disposing of their opponents. Junior Denise Thal at number one and freshman Sally Roberts at two aced their adversaries by identical scores of 6-1, 6-3. Captain Lissa Muscatine followed their lead, waltzing to a 6-2, 6-2 triumph.

The number four singles tilt had the makings of a super match, but Rita Funaro added a ho-hum effect when, down 4-0 in the frist set, she proceeded to take twelve consecutive games for a 6-4, 6-0 win.

Diane Olney at the number five slot lost her first set, 4-6, but suddenly woke up and put the sleeper on her opponent, 6-2, 6-0.

The doubles matches proved equally strenuous. Kathy Fulton and Andy Okamura clicked for a 6-3, 6-3 thrashing of their adversaries and the freshman pair of Nina Cohen and Kathy Evans breezed by 6-1, 6-4.

"We lost to them 4-3 in the fall and didn't think we'd shut them out like we did," she said.

Muscatine said yesterday that "the team was coming off a really big win against Smith on Tuesday and just continued its excellent play."

Antipasto

The victory marked the team's third shutout of the season, but the early matches were only antipasto before the big entree against Yale on Saturday.

"Yale has a couple of superstars at the top two spots, but we have six really strong players and hopefully our depth can carry us through," Thal said.