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This year is no different. Under the leadership of tri-captains Mary Greenhill, Brooke Bailey and Carrie Cunningham, the 1991-92 Crimson top nine is determined to prove that no one can underestimate it and get away with it. Just one game against the aggressive Greenhill, with her canon serve, or the tenacious stunner, sophomore Jordanna Fraiberg, who has filled the number-one spot since she arrived at Harvard, is enough to get the point across--these folks don't take too kindly when told they can't do something...
This year the traditional 'warmup' batch of pre-February games may be surprisingly close. With two top players, Cunningham and sophomore Heather Sullivan, away for the semester, the Crimson will have to come out fighting from the start. Evidence of the tough competition they'll have to face is last weekend's match against Trinity...
...Trinity match did highlight the absence of Cunningham and Sullivan--without these women every player below the fourth seed is playing two spots too high. For players like sophomore Polly Butler, who has been "playing out of her mind" according to Bailey, and senior Mimi Smith, whom coach Steve Piltch warns "people should watch out for", this is a welcome challenge. But it is a tough jump for many of the recruits, like Libby Eynon, who was an alternate for the 1991 U.S. world team as well as a varsity soccer player for the Crimson. Eynon is a freshman...
...teams three captains, Greenhill, Bailey and Cunningham personify the character of the Harvard squash team: graceful aggressiveness meshed with fierce determination and tenacity...
...Crimson features sophomore Ngozi Ogbunamiri, senior Cathy Griffin and freshman Rachel Heit as designated blockers, sophomore Jennifer Garcia as setter, and Smith and senior Dani Cunningham as outside hitters...