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Antonio F. Soler '98, a member of the Crimson croquet team, says Harvard gained an automatic nationals invitation in 1991, when two Harvard students who had never played croquet before in their lives won the national collegiate championship...
...preserve that spirit now by doing very little practicing before-hand," says Soler, who helped the team place fourth in the nation last year. "We usually win because we have more athletic talent than other schools, who get course credit but who are playing croquet because they can't do anything else...
Those who think croquet is less than an academic exercise just don't appreciate the intricacies of the game, team members...
...schools offer course credit because croquet teaches problem-solving abilities, because it's like pool in that you not only have to worry about how to get your ball into the hole, but also about where it will end up afterwards," Soler says...
...croquet team isn't the only group of underappreciated athletes at the College. The squash, fencing, sailing, table tennis, equestrian and Radcliffe rugby teams mourn their lack of fans despite impressive national performances...