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Fielding its strongest team in recent memory, the Crimson began the 20-team tournament by whipping Brown for the second time in as many months, this time by 6-1. The middle of Harvard's ladder, from number-two Diana Staley to number-six Courtney Stimpson coasted to easy straight-set wins Mary Hulbert and Lili Pew encountered more difficulty at numbers one and seven, respectively...
Freshman Elizabeth Evans filled in well for Tiina Bougas in the number one singles position. Coach Don Usher rested Bougas, confident that the squad could win handily without her. Evans played her second match of the week against Barbara Mills of UMass, and repeated the straight-set win of last Tuesday's dual match at Amherst, this time by a 6-1, 7-6 count...
Harvard's Erica Schulman, Debbie Kaufman and Deanne Loonin all cruised to straight-set finals victories against B.U. opponents, with sophomore Schulman winning at third singles, and the two freshmen triumphing in fourth and sixth positions, respectively...
...style yesterday afternoon with a 9-0 thrashing of Boston College. Tiina Bougas paced the Crimson in singles with a7-5, 6-1 victory over BC's top seed, Bernie Diaz. Meanwhile, freshmen Elizabeth Evans, Debbie Kaufman, and Deanne Loonin showed plenty of promise as they coasted to straight-set victories in the second, fourth and fifth positions, respectively. Veterans, Erica Schulman and Kristen Mertz also scored easy wins to complete the Harvard singles sweep. The doubles matches all went to Harvard in straight sets as well...
...bottom half of the Crimson lineup proved not so lucky, as Yale's depth prevailed--dealing the netwomen three straight-set losses...