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...players shutting out their opponents in the second sets of their matches. Both Wang and freshman Beier Ko triumphed 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 and No. 4 singles positions, respectively. Peterzan defeated Sadovskaya 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 3 spot and No. 6 Schnitter cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Shepherd. Though Anderson at No. 5 and O’Riain at No. 2 singles played longer second sets than expected, they focused enough to hold off their opponents and avoid playing a decisive third set. O’Riain emerged victorious against Katims...
Despite these quick victories, the match was far from over, as the Lady Vols scored first-set victories over Durkin and O’Riain at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively, as well as second-set wins over Bergman and Anderson...
Durkin fired back with a second-set victory and a 10-8 tiebreak win to prevail, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8), but O’Riain, who had led 6-1 in the second set tiebreak, allowed that to slip away as Kim took the match by a score...
Freshman Dan Nguyen lost a marathon match to Nick Rinks in the Crimson’s only defeat of the morning. After Rinks grabbed a 6-3 victory in the first set, Nguyen struck back with a 6-3 second-set win. Both players refused to blink in the seemingly endless third set, but eventually Rinks persevered, winning...
With things decided, the other half of the singles rotation got in its work. Mukundan and Martire both prevailed in straight sets, but Wang lost a second-set tiebreaker in a three-set loss at No. 4 that finally got Wisconsin on the board...