Word: stimpson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrong in the progression from having the potential to win a national championship and actually attaining that goal. But with Stimpson as Harvard's captain, the Tigers should have known their days on top were numbered. Four months before the Howe Cup, Stimpson started assembling the squad for 7:30 a.m. workouts...
...Heven. With incredible case the Crimson hurried through their initial five opponents in the three-day tournament, not allowing anyone to approach their level of skill as they won by scores of 6-1, 5-2, 7-0, 7-0 and 6-1. Playing at number six. Stimpson was among the most invincible of the Harvard corps, not surrendering even a game to any opponent through that point in the tourney...
...Stimpson and the rest of the team saved their best for the finals against Princeton Unknown to the captain, her teammates swept to victory in five of the six early matches, leaving only the Harvard captain and the Tigers' Denise Galamboy still on the courts. The rest of the racquetwomen arrived at courtside with Stimpson ahead 2-1 in games and under pressure from a noisy gallery, she made short order of the fourth and final game winning...
...Clearly, Stimpson is not a star--Barnaby says. "She's not a super athlete not terrifically fast" but she always gets the job done Pool observes. "She does amazing things with the talent she has making the most of what she's got and setting a great example for the team." Barnaby concurs; "Courtney doesn't have the internists ability to be a great star but she has taken her physical gifts as far as possible...
...stay competitive with her teammates has required the fine tuning of her game and Stimpson has obviously done a lot of that at Harvard. According to Barnaby. "She worked very hard at conditioning this year which improved her quickness. She now get to a lot of balls that she didn't used...