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Word: squashings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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First came the even-numbered matches (for those of you who didn't go to prep school a squash match is divided into two halves, with even-ranked players opening the show), in which Captain Bill Kaplan, Mark Panarese, Ken Ehrlich and Bob Blake showed Amherst the true meaning of the word rout...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen Squash Amherst | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

Sure, Desaulniers won in three sets, but he allowed 21 points when two would have been a lot. When you're one of the ten best squash players in the world--and that's the truth--and a good dresser as well--Dasaulniers wore green and red stripes on shirt, pants and socks--you can afford to take it easy. If only out of mercy...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen Squash Amherst | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

There's really no doubt about it. This winter the Crimson racquetmen should be the best collegiate squash team in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Ivy Leagur, the country, the world and the universe. Would you believe five...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen to Defend Title | 12/7/1976 | See Source »

...beneficiary of all this talent is new coach Dave Fish, who succeeds Jack Barnaby. Barnaby was not only the most respected and winningest squash coach of all time, but rumor has it that he invented the game itself. Otherwise, Fish is starting from scratch...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen to Defend Title | 12/7/1976 | See Source »

...Fish admitted, the Crimson's biggest headache could be that as favorites, everybody else will be trying to squash them where it hurts. And then there are other minor matters, like the fact that the two toughest matches, against Princeton and Penn, are on the road, away from the more than friendly confines of Hemenway...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen to Defend Title | 12/7/1976 | See Source »

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