After weekend successes, Squash teams head to Princeton

and Paul Christner Dartmouth could not find an answer to the Quakers' great match play Sunday. After an expected 9-0 loss to Harvard Saturday, the Penn women's squash team quickly redeemed itself with a 5-4 clutch win over Dartmouth the next day. Most notable was freshman Lindsay Moss, Penn's No. 4 player. The last time Moss played against Dartmouth, she lost in a close 3-2 match. This time, however, she won easily, 9-5, 9-2, 9-2, outplaying her opponent in every aspect. "Lindsay dominated and played extremely well," Penn coach Demer Holleran said. "She played the best she has all season." "Beating Dartmouth was fantastic," Holleran added. "It was a great victory. They were fighting for every point. It was closer than I wished, but the team has to realize that everyone has to plan to win her match. On an ideal day, everyone could have won their matches." The bottom of the ladder had a tougher time against the Big Green. Riding the bus straight from Harvard to Hanover, N.H., took its toll on some players, who were sore and tired from their matches the day before. Today, the Quakers (9-1, 2-1 Ivy League) host Princeton (4-2, 1-2 Ivy) at 7 p.m., at Ringe Courts. While both Penn and Princeton beat Brown, 5-4, this season, the Tigers were shut out by Dartmouth, 9-0. However, adding to the drama, the Tigers managed to take three matches from Harvard in a recent 6-3 loss. But the numbers do not tell the whole story. Whoever wants to win more will come out on top. "They're going to be a tough team to beat," Holleran said. "Everyone must play up to her potential, it makes a difference with the fans cheering for us. It's an exciting opportunity for us." Last year, the Tigers beat the Quakers in a decisive 8-1 blowout. Undoubtedly, the Penn women want to redeem themselves this year. "We have really shown what a team sport this is," senior captain Katy Textor said. "No one person can carry the team. It takes five to win a match." "I'm really excited for it. It's the seniors' last home match ever, we've worked so hard this season, I know we can do what we have to do." · After suffering an 8-1 loss to Harvard (7-0) Saturday, you might expect the Penn men's squash team (7-2) to head into its match with Princeton today (4 p.m. at Ringe Courts) on a down note. But nothing could be further from the truth. That is because Penn senior Ed Vincent accomplished a feat that no Quakers squash player has accomplished in four years. For the first time since Vincent and his classmates arrived on campus in 1992, Penn won an individual match against Harvard. Even though Vincent's victory was the only Quakers win, Penn considered the achievement a victory in itself. Vincent, playing in the No. 9 spot, was the last player on the courts after his teammates had all fallen to the Crimson. With his teammates crowded around the court and cheering him on, Vincent upset Jake Hollinger of Harvard, 3-1. "It was very satisfying," Vincent said. "It was more of a team win than an individual win. It's a nice culmination to four years [of competing against Harvard]." Besides Vincent, the Quakers only won two other games combined. Freshman Shams Mistry played a close match against the Crimson's Rishaad Bilimoria, losing 13-15, 12-15, 15-13, 13-15. Sunday the Quakers made quick work of Dartmouth, 8-1. "It was a great win," Vincent said. "It's a lot more satisfying when the whole team wins."