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Seven seniors in the Tiger boat had something to prove Saturday, after losing a cliffhanger in the Goldwaithe Cup last year to Yale (first) and Harvard (second). In addition, Princeton had the responsibility of living up to its 7-0 record entering this race...
...squads established the inside game early as spikes by sophomore Jon Ross and Princeton's Peter Norman accounted for a 3-3 deadlock. But three wild Tiger spikes and a moving violation enabled Harvard to put together a 6-0 run and a 9-3 lead. Ross's service winner and the intimidating blocking by the duo of Nadkarni and senior Mark Chang stretched the Crimson advantage to 12-5 before Norman brought the Tigers back to within four...
...Martin brothers accounted for the spikers next two points. Sophomore Tarry served up an ace while senior Captain Brad drilled to the floor an errant Princeton return. When Chang's spike bounced off Tiger Mark Nixon's head, Harvard had won the first game...
Martin's concern seems justified, considering that Princeton's 6-ft. 8-in middle blocker Bryan Wilson, who missed the regionals because of an injury, will return to the line-up this weekend. And another Tiger regionals absentee. Coach Glen Nelson, has recovered from a van accident and will be at courtside...
...this year's Crimson squad has every reason to expect to end the Tiger jinx when the 1983 championships open today at the IAB. Harvard brings a startling 32-2 season mark into the tournament, and among those 32 wins is a 3-0 drubbing of the Tigers in the NCAA Regionals two weeks...