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Background: Junior Lissa Muscatine has been the captain of the Radcliffe tennis team for the past two years. Last year she led the squad to an undefeated season and this spring she is playing the number one seed. Muscatine, a member of the Faculty Standing Committee on Athletics, also starred on the 'Cliffe basketball team last winter...
...number of New England colleges have an excellent top seed but the talent diminishes rapidly from there. Remembering that the top three players for the 'Cliffe are just about the same in ability, I asked Lissa if she would rather play two or three for a while to give her a chance to break out of her slump. "No, I like to play number one," she said emphatically. "I want to be the underdog. I like to play good people because if someone patsy-balls around, then my game will fall apart also...
...preparation for this weekend's showdown, Radcliffe had little trouble disposing of Tufts. Muscatine, playing number one, and Ginny St. Goar, number three, won their matches in straight sets, while second seed Denise Thal was leading her opponent 2-1 when the latter defaulted due to a twisted knee...
...outscoring the University of Michigan, 8-5, in the two-game playoff decided by wins and total goals scored. The two squads tied, 3-3, Saturday and the Gophers took Sunday's contest, 5-2. Tech, meanwhile, dumped Michigan State, 6-4 and 9-4, to clinch the second seed...
Clearly seemingly set the stage for such an excuse last Thursday when he complained to the tournament committee about Harvard, the number one seed, having to play the 9 p.m. game in Boston Garden. The steamy Garden, slow ice and lateness of the contest, Cleary argued, was a disadvantage the top team should not have to endure...