Word: racquetmens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson could manage no better than a fourth place finish, behind perennial power Western Ontario, and Ivy rivals Penn and Princeton. The Crimson racquetmen won the nine-man national title and the Ivy crown earlier this season...
Aside from a loss in the third position, where senior John Stubbs was edged, 3-1, the racquetmen bore down and came up winners...
Hemenway Gym was the scene of a pair of stunning victories for the Crimson racquetmen. Defending national champion Princeton fell in a tension-laden 5-4 encounter. A week later, a Penn squad many had touted as this year's top team dropped a convincing 7-2 decision...
...sight of three Penn racquetmen sitting in Hemenway's deserted, cavernous gallery after the match, silent, heads buried in towels, remains a poignant image. A national championship for the Crimson now seems probable...
Next Tuesday's match with the Big Green should give the racquetmen little trouble, and Yale has already lost to Harvard victims Penn and Princeton. The undefeated (6-0) Crimson can almost smell a championship...