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...revolution in motion equal to that of abstraction in painting. All modern choreographers are in her debt (some, like Merce Cunningham, because they rebel against her), but her influence goes beyond dance. Bette Davis, who called her "a straight line, a divining rod," learned how to fall down a flight of stairs in her classes; Richard Boone (Have Gun Will Travel) how to fall as if he had been shot. The kids who jazz-dance the night away are moving from the gut and the torso; those powerful thrusts began in her works...
...Carrie Cunningham: Elected Tri-captain of next year's team...Second Team All-America...Undefeated in dual matches...After a year-long hiatus, Cunningham entered the ladder at seventh seed and moved up as far as the fifth spot by the end of the season...
...course, with fifth-seed Carrie Cunningham staying home because of illness and second-seed Mary Greenhill defaulting in her final round because of a pulled hamstring, the Crimson could not be expected to play...
Only freshman eighth-seed Heather Sullivan, substituting at the last minute for Cunningham, played the game with the flare and tenacity for which the racquetwomen are noted. Sullivan upset Tiger sixth-seed Elizabeth Van Orman in a four-game thriller. After she lost the first game, Sullivan caught on to Van Orman's front-court game, moved as if her feet were on fire, and carried the next three games...
Remaining losses went to Mary Greenhill, Brooke Bailey, Heather Sullivan and Polly Butler. The three Crimson victories went to Co-Captain Daphne Onderdonk, junior Carrie Cunningham and sophomore Vanya Desai. Despite a bout with nausea, a flu-fever and memories of a three-game loss to Tiger Jen Roos last week, Desai rallied to a beautiful three-game victory this time around...