Men's Squash: Another year, another notch up in the national rankings

Since winning back-to-back national championships in 1989 and 1990, the Elis have struggled to return to the top of their sport. Last year was an improvement as the Yale finished the season ranked fourth nationally. This year, the Bulldogs raised their level of play one more notch to take home a No. 3 ranking from Cambridge.

The Elis notched an impressive win over Amherst in the quarterfinals, but in the next round they ran into the Harvard juggernaut. The Crimson handed the Elis an 8-1 loss, knocking them out of title contention. Yale then defeated Priceton 5-4 to take third place. Next year, the Elis will shoot for Harvard and ultimately Trinity, this year's national champs. Soon Yale may reclaim its place at the top of the collegiate ranks.

The victory over Princeton was the team's second over the Tigers this year, accomp-lishing this feat twice in one season was especially satisfying for the Bulldogs. "I don't
think we had beaten Princeton since 1993. To do it twice this year was awesome,"
Deji Olukotun, CC '00, said. "Our success is a testament to our hard work and good
team chemistry."

--Steven J. Rosenthal

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