Squash Players Set For Denver Tourney

Ten Harvard squash players will participate in the United States Squash Racquets Association Tournament, which includes some of the best amateur talent in America, in Denver tonight through this weekend.

Crimson Co-Captain Russ Ball, Jon Bernheimer, Jack Colbourne, Jim Masland and Darius Pandole are all vying for the Men's singles National Championship.

In the women's draw, Co-Captain Diana Edge, sophomores Stephanie Clark, Jenny Holleran, Emily Knowlton and Hope Nichols will represent Harvard.

Edge is seeded sixth, while Princeton's Demer Holleran, Jenny's older sister, is second. Edge and Demer Holleran are the highest ranked collegiate players.

In the men's division, 50 players from around the nation will be fighting for the title. Pandole is seeded fourth, behind Philadelphia's Rodolfo Rodriguez, Princeton's Jeff Stanley and Keen Butcher. Pandole destroyed Stanley, the number-one ranked collegiate, in three straight games in Harvard's 6-3 victory over Princeton last Saturday.

The Harvard women's hockey team will play both RIT and Cornell this weekend. The order of the games, however, will be determined by the snowstorm scheduled to arrive today.

If today's game at Rochester cannot be held, it will be held Monday. The Cornell game is still scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Lynah Rink.

The Crimson is in good shape to earn home ice for the Ivy League tournament. The Crimson is tied with Dartmouth in the league standings, but the Big Green has only three games left, while Harvard has four. Princeton, one point back, also has four games left. All at home.

Former women's soccer and men's lacrosse Coach Bob Scalise and women's swimming Coach Maura Costin Scalise are the proud parents of a bouncing boy, Michael Joseph Scalise. Michael was born February 10, at 1:11 a.m. in Brigham and Women's Hospital and weighed in at seven Ibs. and 15 ounces. Both mom and son retuned home last night...Harvard basketball Coach Peter Roby and Sandra Gullickson Roby are proud parents of Kayla Alexandra, a seven lb., 4 1/2-ounce baby, born February 11, at 10:16 p.m.

Co-Captain Diana Edge, Harvard's number one player and a three-time All-Ivy selection, was presented with the coveted Betty Ritichie Award--an honor symbolic of an all around outstanding person in women's intercollegiate squash--last Sunday....Swimmer Scott Jaffe astounded the crowd at the Princeton and Harvard swim meet last Saturday with a record setting performance in the 200-yd freestyle. Jaffe's 1:36.72 in the 200-yd. freestyle established a new Harvard record as well as qualifying him for NCAA competition. The old record was set by Bobby Hackett in 1981 and, fittingly, Hackett was present Saturday at Blodgett Pool to see his record broken.

Entering last weekend's action, the Harvard women's basketball team had never won in 10 previous attempts at Yale's Payne Whitney Gym.

But streaks were meant to be broken, and the Crimson decided this was the year to do it. After a 62-57 win at Brown, Harvard ended the Whitney Jinx Saturday night, 60-59, behind junior Sarah Duncan's 28 points.

Not to be overlooked this weekend was Tri-Captain and guard Barbarann Keffer's 1000th career point netted Friday night in the game against Brown. With 1011 points, Keffer needs 23 more to pass Elaine Holpuch '83 into second place on the all-time career point-scoring list.

This is a big weekend in the Ivy League, with the third and fourth place teams, Princeton and Penn, each visiting the top two teams, Harvard (13-3 overall, 5-0 Ivies) and Dartmouth.

The Crimson's biggest game will come Saturday night (6 p.m. at Briggs Cage) against run-and-gun Princeton. Princeton leads the Ivy League in scoring with 81 points per game.

Quote of the Week: "Basically, we nixed them. It was a gunfight and we brought a cannon."--Harvard squash player Jim Masland, referring to Seth Handy's 3-2 comeback over his Franklin & Marshall counterpart which gave the racquetmen a 5-4 victory.

Contributors: MIKE STANKIEWICZ and ALVAR J. MATTEI