Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sometimes greatness lurks in the most obvious places, but still goes unrecognized and unheralded. You'd think that after winning 58 matches in a row--the longest winning streak in Harvard sports history--someone, somewhere would ask the Harvard squash team how it managed...
...Crimson has not lost a match since February 6, 1982, when Princeton slipped past Harvard, 5-4, in Cambridge. The racquetmen's 58-game winning streak represents the fourth-longest streak in college history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) and Bill Walton led UCLA to 88 straight victories between 1971-'74, and that record still stands...
Although every player--from the first seed to the ninth--has contributed to the current Crimson streak, one individual stands out as a catalyst. Kenton Jernigan, who graduated in January, was one of Harvard's greatest squash players and posted an incredible 40-0 record in dual matches, while leading the Crimson to four straight Ivy League and national team championships...
...didn't think about [the streak] much," Greg Lee said. "All us seniors sort of thought about it. We didn't want to be the class that blew it. We joke about it, but we didn't dwell...
During its current streak, the Crimson has won 491 individual matches, while surrendering only 32. In their 64 year history, the racquetmen have won 4109 individual matches and lost a piddling 1145. When this year's Crimson edition snagged its 50th straight win--a 9-0 blanking of Army in January--it broke the winning streak of its predecessor...