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...squash team entered the 2007-08 season following immense success last year, when Kyla Grigg ’07 won the ISA individual championships and the team took second place in the season-ending Howe Cup. Riding on such successes, expectations ran high. However, the team lost captain Supriya Balsekar to injury before the season began and last year’s No. 2 Jen Blumberg left the team. Playing with only underclassmen, the Crimson nevertheless put together a strong showing, finishing 7-5, 4-3 in the Ivy League. “Before the season started, I felt...
...contest from its outset. Only one player, sophomore No. 3 Katherine O’Donnell, needed four sets to secure the win, while the other eight matches were all decided in straight sets, 3-0. With the wins, freshman No. 2 Alisha Mashruwala, captain No. 6 Supriya Balsekar, and sophomore No. 9 Sandra Mumanachit went undefeated in the Howe Cup. “The team has raised its level throughout the season and this win speaks volumes for their efforts,” Bajwa said. HARVARD 9, STANFORD 0 Harvard worked hard to avenge Friday’s loss...
...only loss of the group came at No. 2 with freshman Alisha Mashruwala going down 9-3, 9-1, 2-9, 9-0. Behind 4-2 heading into the final three matches, the Crimson knew that it had to win all of them. However, only injured captain Supriya Balsekar was able to succeed. Playing down in the No. 7 spot, the senior came out with a convincing three game victory in which she only dropped three points. Facing the Bulldogs’ Miranda Ranieri, perhaps the top college player in the country, Harvard freshman No. 1 June Tiong managed...
...first loss of the season. With the weekend losses, the Crimson heads into its final regular season contest against Yale on a three-game losing streak and 0-3 against the top 5. “We are a bit rough around the edges,” senior Supriya Balsekar said. “We had no matches for 70 days [over Christmas break and exams].”PRINCETON 6, HARVARD 3In a rematch of last season’s Howe Cup Final, No. 2 Princeton overwhelmed Harvard, 6-3, giving the Crimson its third consecutive loss...
...there and it very well might have been a victory. Three of the seven losing matches went to a fifth and deciding set that had a Crimson player won would have turned a 7-2 Trinity triumph into a 5-4 Harvard victory. 2007 All-Ivy League senior Supriya Balsekar returned to action for the first time this season following a hip injury that had kept her sidelined. However, Balsekar struggled to find her form, playing down in the seventh flight and falling in a close match 3-2, despite having two match points in the fourth...