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Zimmerman stormed back to cruise to an easy second-set victory and seemed poised to win the match serving at 5-3 and 3-1 in the ninth game of the third set. But after Zimmerman missed a backhand volley, and double-faulted, Horne passed him down the line and the set moved to 5-4. At 6-6, Horne swept the tie-breaker, 5-0, the last point coming as Zimmerman netted an approach shot...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Tigers Bombard Netmen in Lopsided 8-1 Victory | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

Horne evened things up by squeezing past Tiger veteran Mike Kushma in two sets when Kushma netted Horne's serve at four-all in the second-set tiebreaker. The solid frosh kept his rookie slate perfect (6-0) with...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Princeton Racquetmen Sock It to Crimson, 7-2 | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

Chaikovsky, moving up two spots in the lineup due to a challenge match win, played brilliantly in the first set to win 6-3 before slipping to a 6-3 second-set loss. "Chaik" then got his game together in the third, breaking Maglathlin's service at 6-5 to force a tiebreaker...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Netmen Nail Big Green, 6-3, Sending League Mark to 4-0 | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

Captain Todd Lundy, nursing a pulled muscle in his side and hitting nothing close to his best serve, forced the Lions' sophomore sensation. Eric Fromm, to a second-set tiebreaker before succumbing. Scott Walker also lost, blowing a lead when Aussie Greg Dingwall came alive while trailing 4-1 in the second set and ran off nine straight games to win the match in three sets...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard Gives Lions a Double-Mauling | 4/22/1978 | See Source »

...second doubles team's defeat was the third tiebreaker loss of the day for the Crimson. Andy Chaikovsky dropped his match at sixth singles in a second-set tiebreaker, and the third doubles squad of Dan Gerken and Cliff Adler lost the first of their three sets in a tiebreaker...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Palmer Dixon Shocker: Elis Stun Racquetmen, 5-4 | 4/26/1977 | See Source »

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