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That fortunate situation translates to a $6.5 million endowment from the Belknap family and the financial backbone of Harvard University, which supports the press as long as it remains economically solvent...
With Fraiberg's presence in the line-up, the team certainly did improve. As a freshman, she led the Crimson to a runner-up placing at the team national championships, dropping a close final to Princeton. Individually, Fraiberg also placed second behind Yale's Berkely Belknap...
...champions, though, second place isn't good enough. Harvard and Fraiberg proved this cliche to be true the following year when both won their respective championships over their respective nemeses, Princeton and Belknap. The Crimson also captured the coveted Howe Cup from Yale that year to make it a clean sweep across the title board, all thanks to the leadership and inspired play of Fraiberg...
...Belknap came back to take the second game, 15-9, but Fraiberg finished the match with two 15-9 wins in the third and the fourth to capture her first individual title...
...round of four, Fraiberg beat teammate Vanya Desai, who ended up with the number-three ranking in the country, while Tri-Captain Mary Greenhill (fourth-ranked) lost to Belknap...