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Crimson, Clemson
Encounter Netters

Sporting an unblemished 4-0
record, Coach Gordon Burris'
tennis team will face Harvard
University, co-champion of the Ivy
League, on the Lady Astor Courts
at 2 pm this afternoon. It could be
the toughest match of the season
for the Cavaliers; on the other
hand, tomorrow's confrontation
with Clemson might prove even
more trying. The Tigers are the best
in the ACC.

With nationally-ranked John
Levin at the number one position
the Harvard netters along with Penn
State and Princeton have
dominated college tennis in the
northeast for the last few years. If
the Cavaliers are to upset the strong
Crimson team, they must make the
most of their strength in the lower
part of the singles ladder and the
outstanding doubles play which
they have shown in the first four
matches.

Doubles competition should be
the highlight of the match. The
strong point of the Virginia team
thus far has been at the top doubles
spot. Captain Mike Eikenberry and
John Winter, who compose the
premiere tandem, are hard to beat.
Having tallied three victories, they
have lost only once - in three sets to
a top notch Williams pair.

The highlight of their tour of
the Virginia circuit last summer
came when two of the top-ranked
mens' doubles teams in the state
fell to the Cavaliers as they
captured the North
Carolina-Virginia Invitational
doubles title. Their competition
against Harvard will be John Levin
and Rocky Jarvis, winners of the
Eastern Intercollegiate doubles
championship. Clemson's line-up
reads like an international all-star
roster. Coach Duane Bruley has not
only 1968's runner-up in the ACC's
number one singles bracket, a
Junior Davis Cup player, and the
top-ranked 18-year-old in South
Carolina, but also the previous
junior champion from Greece and a
Pakistani Davis Cupper.

With eight full scholarships,
three coaches, and five of eight
starters returning the Tigers are the
overwhelming favorites to take the
ACC title away from '68
co-champions UNC and USC. A
Cavalier victory would put a
damper on their hopes.

Last year the Virgina netters
suffered an 8-1 setback at the hands
of Clemson, but last year the
Cavaliers had lost three of their first
four matches. Tennis is changing at
The University. This year's record is
4-0.