Court Calling

He got the call.

While hanging out upstairs with his roommates and friends in Canaday Hall, Monroe Labouise, who had an impressive week during the Harvard men's "B" team's trip down south, received a phone call from Harvard Assistant Coach Steve Gerstenfeld.

Gerstenfeld asked him to come down to the Palmer Dixon Courts to replace Roger Berry in a doubles tennis match against Penn State (Harvard won the overall match, 6-3).

"Coach Gerstenfeld called me and said they needed me to play doubles because of an injury to one of our players," the Canady resident said. "I didn't even know who I was going to play with."

His roommates, Hardy Blanchard and Scott Granai, accompained by Tara Weinstock and Esther Won, followed Labouise down to Palmer Dixon to watch his match.

"They were known for making signs for birthdays and notices," Labouise said. "I was sure they were going to brings some sings down, scream and make noise."

Labouise arrived to find out that his partner was fellow freshman Robert Ajemian. While the duo lost a 6-1, 6-2 decision, Labouise still enjoyed the experience.

"The score was a little deceiving," Labouise said. "I think we played pretty well. It's always great to play any match. The more I play the better I will get.

"My cheering section made enough cheers to make me happy even though we lost," Labouise added.

Some Notables: MIT's Eugene Opasnick is the first Engineer rifle shooter in four years to make the NCAA Championships. He fired a 380 (out of 400) in air rifle to place among the top 37 competitors in the nation, securing himself a spot at the Division I Championships in Lexington, Va., to be held this weekend.

The Princeton softball team (19-1) has won 19 games in a row, having outscored its opponents by a total of 100 runs this season. The Tigers have outhit opponents .303 to .149, outslugged them, 30 extra-base hits to 11, outpiched them, 0.96 to 4.04 ERA, and have committed 50 fewer errors than their opponents. The team has 101 strikeouts and has not given up a home run. Harvard travels to Princeton this weekend.

The Columbia men's fencing team extended its winning streak to 44 matches and captured its third straight Ivy title. The Lions also won their second consecutive NCAA Championship.

Players of the Week: Yale sophomore Chris Swanenburg had 25 saves for the Blue, including 10 in the final quarter, and earned the nod as the men's lacrosse Ivy League Player of the Week...Chris Conforti had a goal and an assist to also earn Ivy League men's lacrosse Player of the Week honors...Karen McFadden, who tallied six goals and assisted on four others as she led the Quakers to a 15-5 victory over the Elis in New Haven, was named the women's lacrosse Ivy League Player of the Week...Penn's Doug Smidt and Navy's Ron Kinn were chosen as the EIBL's Players of the Week.

Tennis, Anyone?: The Harvard men's and women's teams will play Columbia today. The netwomen will host the Lions at 2:00 p.m. in Beren Tennis Center, while the netmen travel to New York.

Quote of the Week:"I haven't had this much fun since the pigs ate my brother," said Harvard's Trainer Dick Emerson at a frigid Soldiers Field during Harvard's doubleheader against Norhteastern.