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The netwomen enjoyed a 7-2 walkover in their final match of the season against an outclassed Boston College squad yesterday, but the real story came when three team members said goodbye to Harvard women's tennis after four productive years.
Coach Peter Felske had an easy afternoon yesterday at Palmer Dixon. His number one player sat out the match with an injured foot, but that didn't seem to bother a squad that the departing Felske is largely responsible for putting together.
Hills and Dales
Captain Martha Roberts moved up a slot into third singles, going three sets before putting away Liz Ingrazzia, 6-3, 4Two freshmen, Maria Pe and Erica Schulman, symbolizing the new breed in women's tennis, assumed the top positions and won handily in routine matches. In other play, newcomer Kristen Mertz had an easy win at number five against Rebecca Larson, 6-0, 6-4, while Betty Quigley won BC's only singles match over Liz Siegel in three sets.
Cleaning Up
Harvard then swept the first two doubles matches, and defaulted in the third after Schulman complained of injuries.
With the win over BC the Crimson closed their spring season at 4-2, with their only dual match losses coming in 5-4 decisions to Yale and Princeton.
"We had a very strong team this year, beating teams like Dartmouth and Penn that we had never beaten before," Meyer said yesterday. That the team finished second in the New Englands in the fall and third at the lvies last weekend shows Harvard is competitive with the best Eastern teams, she added.
The New Regime
Four former nationally ranked players and the current holders of the New England doubles and Ivy League singles titles helped make this year's squad the best Harvard has fielded in four years.
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