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...can’t blame sophomore Will Broadbent if he’s getting a little tired of second place. A week after he and the Harvard men’s squash team nearly pulled off the greatest upset in recent squash history in what turned into a 5-4 loss to Trinity at the CSA Team Championships, Broadbent once again found himself as the underdog trying to knock off the defending champion. And just as was the case the week before, the underdog put up a valiant fight before succumbing to the best in college squash...
...playing some of the best squash I’ve ever played,” Broadbent said. “It was too bad I didn’t come out on the top in the end but [El-Halaby] is the best player...I’m really anxious for next year now because I’ve really seen this team gel over the last four or five months, and I don’t think anyone will stop us next year...
...main battle in the next majlis will be between the pragmatists and the hardliners among the right," said Tehran University political science professor, Sadegh Zibakalam, in a heated debate on American-sponsored Radio Farda. "If the hardliners squash the pragmatists with their isolationist and extremist policies, then I see dark clouds in the sky. But if the pragmatists are able to triumph over the hardliners and push through with their proclaimed plans of economic improvement, then I see light at the end of the tunnel...
...only Division I sport at Trinity, squash receives the attention as the school’s premier sport, and while Ivy schools are prohibited from providing athletic scholarships, the Bantams men’s team alone has four scholarship positions...
...this has left recruiters and coaches at former squash powerhouses scratching their heads. Is there anyway to compete? Or is it now reduced to a fight for second every year...