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After taking two of the three matches in doubles—the only loss coming in a tiebreaker??the Crimson dropped only two sets combined in the six singles matches...
...tiebreaker gained the winning point against Penn (3-4). After dropping the first set, 6-3, to the Quakers’ Hicham Laalej, Chijoff-Evans evened the match with a 7-6 (10-8) victory in the second set. In the final set, each player held serve until the tiebreaker??with Chijoff-Evans holding his nerve to win, 9-7, and clinch victory for the Crimson. “It was a tough match—he was a really good opponent and played a strong game,” Chijoff-Evans said. “I just...
...captain William Lee had the toughest win, beating Wisconsin’s David Hippee 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4 in the “super-tiebreaker?? format employed at Notre Dame). Harvard’s only loss came at the expense of freshman Jonathan Chu, who lost to Scott Rutherford...
...case of sibling admissions, this “feather in the scale” is even lighter. Lewis suggests that, for some admissions committee members, sibling status is a “tiebreaker?? whereas for others it has no influence. Although the committee has not recorded statistics regarding sibling admissions, she surmises that their acceptance rate is higher than average, primarily because the siblings “tend to be pretty well self-selected as candidates.” Lewis warns that the “tip” is only considered when two applicants are otherwise indistinguishable...