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...matches, with the only challenge being Kumar and Ermakov’s 9-8 loss at No. 1.William and Mary seemed to have the momentum to steamroll Harvard, winning four of the first six singles sets, but the Crimson held tough. At No. 3, Ermakov lost in straight sets at No. 3 to put the Crimson down, 2-0, but Kumar (No. 2) pulled through a 1-6 first-set loss to win his next two, 6-3, 6-4 and put Harvard on the scoreboard. No. 6 Guzick equalized the score at 2-2 with...
...consolation draw, Nguyen faced Ohio State’s preseason No. 6 Bryan Koniecko, who had been upset in the opening round. Overwhelmed by Koniecko’s spinless lasers, Nguyen was bageled, 6-0, in the first set. He bounced back to win the second set, 7-5, but could not hang onto his momentum, and lost the third set, 6-2. Meanwhile, in Tallahassee, junior co-captain Chris Clayton, senior Ashwin Kumar, and junior Sasha Ermakov powered the Crimson to a strong showing in the Seminole Invitational. Despite arriving at their hotel very early Friday morning, all three...
...captain Gideon Valkin won, 7-6, 6-3, at No. 5, turning around an early first-set deficit to take the tiebreaker, 7-5, and then overpowering his opponent in the second set...
...playing in the fourth spot, followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win of her own against Alison Hashmall. Peterzan, at No. 3, clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over King. Schnitter, whose ribs were sore from a fall earlier last week, won the first-set tiebreaker 7-6 (5) against Kansky and went on to take the second set 6-1 in the fifth spot. HARVARD 5, PENN 2 Rainy weather forced Harvard inside on Friday but it did not prevent the team from prevailing over its biggest Ivy rival. The Crimson swept the doubles...
...defeated Diaz-Barriga by a 6-3, 6-1 score, and Schnitter both clinched the match and increased her overall win total to ten matches when she beat Santoro, 6-1, 6-4, in the No. 6 spot. Wang, at the No. 1 court, triumphed in her first-set tiebreaker and had little trouble taking the second set as she defeated Muscolino 7-6 (3), 6-4. Mukundan, in the No. 5 spot, lost the first set in a tiebreaker, but she forced and won a decisive third set, finishing...