Racquetmen Go, Racquetwomen Slow

Mike Desaulniers and Ned Bacon both won individual championships to lead the Harvard squash team to a second-place in the Intercollegiate Squash Championships this weekend at Princeton.

Desaulniers blanked Princeton's Tom Page, 3-0 to claim the "A" division title. Bacon followed suit in the "B" class with a 3-1 victory over another Princeton foe, Bill Fisher.

En route to his title appearance, Bacon downed two opponents he had previously lost to during the regular season. In the finals Bacon defeated one of Princeton's top players.

"Desaulniers played superb in a super match," Harvard coach Dave Fish said last night. "We didn't expect to do this well," Fish added. The game scores of Desaulnier's sweep were 15-8, 15-10, 15-12.

Three Crimson racquetmen suffered their first losses in the quarterfinals. Captain Mark Panarese staved off nine match points to win his match in the round of 16, but lost to eventual "B" division finalist Fisher, 3-1, in the next round.

Both John Stubbs and Chuck Elliott bowed out in the quarters, losing to opponents from Penn and Western Ontario. Stubbs fell, 3-2, to John Higgenbathen of Western Ontario, and Elliott lost to Penn's Peter Monaghan, 3-0.

The Tigers won the team championship on their home courts by scoring 34 points. Harvard finished second with 29, and Western Ontario placed third, amassing 25 points.

Besides Desaulniers and Bacon, who copped the "A" and "B" crowns, Princeton's Andy Frost won the "C" class by defeating a fellow Tiger, Peter Thompson, 3-0.

Six players from each of the schools entered in the championships traveled to Princeton for the 28-team tournament. Two racquetmen then played in each division, gathering one point for a victory in the winner's bracket and one-half point for a consolation win.