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When the season began, the racquetmen sensed their potential, and started a rigorous preseason training program with an intensity that hadn't existed in previous seasons. "In a lot of ways our team was formed then." Co-Captain John Dinneen remembers. "We really started to realize the team aspect of being willing for each other rather than ourselves...
...joined the Crimson following a year's leave just before its first trip to Princeton, left the squad again for personal reasons. He left a number three spot to fill: Jackson was next in line but an ankle sprain kept him out of action for nearly two weeks. Peter Dinneen was also out with a shoulder injury...
...Crimson qualified all six of its competitors for semifinal play. A Harvard player won each division, and the Crimson finished 14 1/2 points ahead of a second-place Tiger team, bringing so much metal back to Cambridge that "we could melt them down and be rich," according to John Dinneen. Boyum, Jernigan and Jackson were also named to the 10-man All-American squad, while Lubowitz and Co-Captain Geordie Lemmon made the second team...
...Crimson was already rich, with the feeling that comes from doing what it had set out to do. The racquetmen feel most of their success was due to Coach Dave Fish, who, according to Peter Dinneen, "is the best teacher of the game. He's the reason we've done so well; we've all improved because of him." National and Intercollegiate champion. All-American Jernigan adds that the Crimson managed to do so well because they were truly a team. "It's easy to function only as individuals in an individual sport," Jernigan says. "Being a real team...
...Harvard's Spencer Brog to give the Tigers a 5-4 win; Lubowitz has since been paying him back. Saturday Lubowits average in the form of a 3-2 victory over Tiger Luke Evain, who plays a slot above him for Princeton. Evain later downed Crimson Co-Captain John Dinneen for third place...