Men Roll

On the men's side, the matches went as expected. Harvard won seven of the nine matches by a score of 3-1 or better and showed why they've dominated squash for so long.

"Both teams are really talented," Piltch said. "But when you add commitment, perseverance and belief in yourself, you go along way to accomplishing what you want."

Two years ago, the last time the two teams met in New Haven to decide the national championship, Harvard was favored but it lost.

Players said that the memory of that loss helped motivate them so that they would not let Yale steal the title from them again.

"We remembered what happened," junior Marty Clark said. "But this time we were really excited and we clearly dominated."

Harvard's only loss came at the number eight spot in a tough match that junior Josh Horwitz dropped, 3-2.

But the four seniors who play in the top nine, Jeremy Fraiberg, Farokh Pandole and Co-Captains George Polsky and Johnny Kaye all won their matches.