W. Tennis Glides Past Cornell, 7-2

The Harvard women's tennis team iced its season by claiming sole possession of the Ivy League title with a 7-2 victory over Cornell on Saturday.

Although Cornell had not won an Ivy League game, team members were wary.

"We concentrated a lot," freshman Erika DeLone said. "We couldn't allow ourselves a letdown."

As it turned out, the Crimson was plenty focused. Cornell's Jen Kenas upset #5 Kendra Harris in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, and the #2 doubles team of Kenas and top singles player Judy Beckenbauch defeated Harvard's Kim Cooper and Eliza Parker, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, but that was all.

Erika DeLone, the 1992 ITCA Northeast Region Rookie of the Year, celebrated her award by thrashing Beckenbauch, 6-0, 6-0.

Neither DeLone nor Parker lost a singles match all season, a first since 1989 for the Crimson.

Harvard last won the Ivy League title two years ago, in 1990. HARVARD, 7-2 at Cornell

Singles

1. DeLone (Harvard) def. Beckenbauch (Cornell), 6-0, 6-0; 2. Elmuts (H) def, Deasy (C), 7-6, 6-3;3. Cooper (H) def. Chen (C), 6-4, 6-0; 4. Parker (H) def. Bornstein (C), 7-5,6-4; 5. Kenas (C) def, Harris (H), 6-3, 7-5; 6. Wang (H) def. Gilson (C), 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles

1. DeLone/Elmuts (H) def. Deasy/Chen, 6-3, 6-1; 2. Beckenbauch/Kenas (C) def. Cooper/Parker (H), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; 3. Harris/Pollock (H) def. Yoo/Gitson, 7-5, 6-4.