Sportswrap

Women's Swimming

After two hours of fierce competition last night at Kiphuth Exhibition Pool in New Haven, the fate of both Harvard and Yale women's swimming teams rested on the strong but weary arms of Crimson freshman Janice Sweetser.

Sweetser, who already had contibuted more than her share towards the Crimson cause with victories in the 100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyle events, stood on the blocks as the final swimmer in the 400 freestyle relay and watched as her Eli counterpart moved out to a nearly insurmountable two-second lead.

Insurmountable, that is, for a normal swimmer.

But Sweetser performed the near-superhuman task by surging past the Yale swimmer in the race's final moments to give Harvard a victory in the event and a 75-65 triumph overall against the high-flying Eli, sending a highly-partisan capacity crowd of 2000 home dissapointed.

In holding off the late Yale surge, the Crimson upped its overall season record to 7-1 and its Ivy mark to 4-0.

Harvard knew that it was in for a tough battle from the onset, when its 200 medley relay team set a new school record but lost the race. The other Crimson record-setting performance was turned in by Sweetser in her 200 freestyle victory.

Strong Harvard swims coming from Karen Schneider and Allison Greis also helped lead the squad to triumph. Schneider was a double winner on the evening, claiming both the 100 and 200 butterfly events, while Greis gained first in the 100 breastroke and second in the 200 breast.

Sweetser's heroics might have never taken place without the clutch diving of both Jennifer Greene and Shannon Byrd. The duo won first and second places in both the 1- and 3- meter diving events, giving the squad a much-needed 16 points towards the victory cause.

Men's Squash

The Harvard men's squash team rolled over Tufts, 9-0, yesterday at Hemenway Gym. The victory improved the Crimson's record to 7-0.

Tufts had neither the talent nor the experience to compete with the Crimson. "They didn't really press us," said Will Iselin, who didn't lose a game while winning at number seven.

The Jumbos won only a single game from Harvard.