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...remember not being identified as a tennis player, and I can't imagine not thinking of myself that way, so I just keep at it," says Tory Kiam, who has helped the Harvard coaches organize the eight-man "B" squad as an alternative to dropping out of the program...
Staying in shape and striving for personal improvement regardless of match results are other motivations. Paul Lennon, who like Bridgeland and Kiam is in his last year here, has worked his way up to the varsity several times, only to falter and drop back down to the second string. He's been sitting out this fall with a hip injury, but refuses to rule out a return, saying, "I came to Harvard to play and win, but I also just wanted to see how good I could get. I guess I'm not really sure...
...this time two years ago there would have been no place for Lennon, Kiam, Bridgland, Kevin Skelly, Peter Smith and other strong players to go if they didn't make the first string. Probably strong enough to beat some Ivy League varsity squads, this crew got its chance to stay on the courts and compete when Kiam began working with coach David Fish in the spring of 1980 to put together a "B" team with its own schedule...
...work paid off. Last spring, for example, Kiam returned from a successful second-team road trip and confidently jumped up to the varsity for the New England championships, in which each team sends three pairs of singles players to compete in three separate draws. Kiam won the "C" division, beating Yale's fifth and sixth varsity players...
...highlight of both the weekend's tournament and his college career. Tory Kiam's aggressive playing resulted in his capturing the "C" division championship...