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Yesterday's men's tennis match between Harvard and Dartmouth was also like a war--the Persian Gulf war, that is. The Crimson (14-11, 5-2 Ivy) utterly dominated the hapless Big Green in its season finale, quickly dismissing Dartmouth...
Yesterday also marked the ten-year anniversary of the last time Harvard lost a regular season match at home. With the win, the Crimson extended its home-winning streak to 41 matches...
Sophomore Dalibor Snyder won next, playing at No. 6. Shortly after Green had finished, Snyder defeated Jon Powell, 6-3, 6-2, to give the Crimson a 3-0 lead. The match was sealed several minutes later when Barker, at No. 4, put the final touches on a 6-3, 6-3 win over Harlan Thompson...
Some players ran into a bit of trouble, however. Sophomore William Lee, playing at No. 5, won his first set 6-1, but d'Incelli fought back to force a tiebreaker in the second. Lee comfortably won 7-3 to save the match...
Though they seemed to be a match made in heaven, their wedding was a prelude to two years of hell. Irving's younger son cut the honeymoon short by running away from his mother's home and moving in with them; Irving's father died after a long illness; Irving was repeatedly hospitalized for mysterious blackouts. The couple lost one pregnancy to miscarriage; a second pregnancy ended in stillbirth the same week Phyllis' mother died of esophageal cancer; Phyllis was forced to commit her father to a mental hospital...