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...Fraiberg continued to improve throughout high school, earning her a look from a number of solid squash programs. After taking a year off after graduation, she decided to follow her brother to Harvard, where she knew and liked then-coach Steven Piltch...
Playing for Harvard took considerable adjustment for Fraiberg, who had some difficulty getting accustomed to the team-oriented philosophy, since she had been raised by the sport on exclusively-individual competition. But once acclimated to the collegiate system, there was no stopping Fraiberg, both playing and helping her teammates...
...Playing for Harvard has been a great experience for me," Fraiberg said. "Learning to play for the team in addition to myself was very important to me. Team play taught me how gratifying it is to help others and how great it is to see my teammates improve...
...With Fraiberg's presence in the line-up, the team certainly did improve. As a freshman, she led the Crimson to a runner-up placing at the team national championships, dropping a close final to Princeton. Individually, Fraiberg also placed second behind Yale's Berkely Belknap...
...champions, though, second place isn't good enough. Harvard and Fraiberg proved this cliche to be true the following year when both won their respective championships over their respective nemeses, Princeton and Belknap. The Crimson also captured the coveted Howe Cup from Yale that year to make it a clean sweep across the title board, all thanks to the leadership and inspired play of Fraiberg...