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...loss column, Harvard did not fare well, winning zero first-round matches. However, there were extenuating circumstances that ease the blow...
Feaster, who now plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA, led Harvard to a historic first-round upset over Stanford in the NCAA tournament last spring...
...other first-round game features an intriguing political matchup against Iran. The U.S.-Iran match was one of the first sellouts in France, which has a large contingent of Iranian expatriates. The Iranians, one of the weaker teams, can return home as heroes by beating the Great Satan II. Says Khodadad Azizi, one of Iran's top players: "The U.S.A. mistreated our country. In the war they supported our enemy, Iraq. That's why a victory against the U.S.A. will be a special victory." Iran's team prayed at the tomb of Ayatullah Khomeini before flying off to France...
...unseeded Harvard tandem of senior Rosemary She and sophomore Vedica Jain enjoyed a surprise victory in the flight A doubles championship. In first-round action, the Crimson duo drew the top doubles pair from Wisconsin and battled to a hard-fought 8-6 win. Following that upset, She and Vain disposed of a Virginia team, 8-3, before ousting the team from Dartmouth in the finals...
Harvard's three losses were a 17-11 first-round loss to North Carolina State, a 15-10 loss to Colorado in the third round and a 15-5 defeat at the hands of top-seeded Stanford in the fourth...