Freshmen Redeem Lost Weekend

RADCLIFTE SQUASH, FENCING

It was not a great weekend for Radcliffe's squash and fencing squads. Betty Lincoln's racquetwomen dropped a doubleheader to Wellesley and Yale, while the fencing team saw two of its three entrants in the New England Women's Intercollegiate Fencing championships drop out in the first round.

Lvonida Rasenas, a sophomore, provided the only bright spot of the weekend, as she made it all the way to the finals in the fencing tournament held in Brandeis's Shapiro Gymnasium. Rasenas, competing in the intermediate class, finished sixth in the event.

Her teammates, Sally Spears fencing in beginners and captain Sara Kimball in the advanced class, bowed out in the opening round by 3-4 and 1-4 scores respectively.

The fencing squad has two more meets remaining before the team championships at Northeastern, March 9. The fencers, under the instruction of Clifford Powers, meet Wellesley tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Radcliffe gym, and host Yale next Saturday at 1 p.m.

The squash team lost to Yale 0-7, and Wellesley, 3-4, last Saturday, but coach Lincoln is pleased that her third-year squad has shown tremendous improvement over last season. "We were competitive with Yale this year." Lincoln said of Saturday's meet, in which several of the racquetwomen took their powerful Eli opponents to the wire before losing. "Last year it was literally no contest at all."

In the Wellesley match Ruth Stevens at number one. Susan Handy at number two and freshman Jane Hadsel at seven, were the only Radcliffe winners.

Stevens, Handy and Susanna DeSola, Sally Blair and Emmy Levin with all be competing in the National Collegiate championships to be held in Hemenway gymnasium this weekend. The 6-7 Radcliffe squad has one dual meet remaining, against Andover tomorrow.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Harvard sent three members of its tennis squad down to New Jersey last weekend to compete in the Princeton Invitational indoor tennis tournament, but they came back empty-handed.

GARY REINER (below) and Tod Lundy competed in the singles competition but couldn't survive the first round. Lundy teamed up with Hugh Hyde for doubles competition and things looked a bit better as the duo won its opening round match. Hyde and Lundy, however, lost in the second round to end Harvard's hopes of bringing back a trophy.

SKHNG

The Harvard ski team finished a dismal eleventh out of a field of twelve in last weekend's Eastern Championships in Middlebury, Vt. The Crimson skiers compiled 121 points, 217 points behind learn-winner Dartmouth.

Middlebury was runner up in the event with 353 points, which is part of the school's annual Winter Carnival. Vermont placed third, followed by New Hampshire.

Harvard, which did not place anyone in the top ten in either the slalom or jumping events on Sunday topped only Cornell in the final standings. The Big Red scored only 65 points.

FRESHMAN HOCKEY, BASKETBALL

TIM TAYLOR (below) and his freshmen hockey squad upped their season record in 10-5 Saturday with a convincing win over Yale. Unlike its varsity counterparts, the Yardling icemen came up with plenty of firepower against the Elis, racking up with a 10-4 decision.

The freshman skaters, captained by high-scoring Bryon Cook, travel to Dartmouth tomorrow night.

The yardling cagers, meanwhile, made mincemeat out of the Yale Bullpups, trouncing the Elis by a 78-44 margin. The win boosts the Yardlings' record to 13-1 on the season.

Coach Mike Jarvis takes his squad against Dartmouth tonight in Hanover at 6 p.m.