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Rocky Jarvis, the Harvard number two singles player clobbered Amherst's Rick Steketee, the Lord Jeff's top man and the tournament's third seed, in the semifinal round. 6-3, 6-3, and from that point, the singles became a Harvard practice session. Crimson captain John Levin whipped teammate Terry Oxford, who had played beautiful tennis all weekend, 6-1, 6-4 to gain the finals, then defeated Jarvis 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to retain his individual singles title...
...tournament victory alone would have avenged Harvard's loss last year to Amherst, but the Crimson was determined to dispatch the Lord Jeffs as quickly as possible through individual matches. Oxford upset Mike Pelletier, hailed as Amherst's up-and-coming sophomore in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Jarvis eliminated Steketee, and the Levin-Jarvis doubles tandem took both Lord Jeffs. "I can't say I didn't expect this," said Levin Sunday night," "but I'm almost ashamed at our being so ruthless...
...varsity stickmen presented Harvard's athletic gift of the year to Dartmouth yesterday, dropping at 9-6 decision at Hanover. The loss enabled the Indians to win their first Ivy game since they beat the Crimson by the same score in 1966, and Harvard thus missed a golden opportunity for a piece of the league crown...
Harvard played a poor brand of lacrosse most of the afternoon, but it was a devastating third period, in which Dartmouth outscored the Crimson. 5-0, that made a comeback by Harvard dubious. "We handed them the ball game," coach Bruce Munro said. "We just didn't hustle, and failed to control the ball in the middle of the field," he added...
While Dartmouth was scoring this major upset, Cornell and Yale were also turning in surprise victories to completely clutter the Ivy race. The Big Red edged Brown, 8-7 and Princeton was upset for the second week in a row, 6-4 by Yale. If the Crimson had beaten Dartmouth, it probably would have ended up in a three-way tie with Brown and Princeton for the title. But Harvard is now eliminated because of its three losses...