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Junior Tim Wyant, co-captain of the Harvard men's squash team, came within one match of winning the NISRA Individual Squash Championship at Penn. After a stellar run through the field of 64 competitors, the No. 9 seed Wyant finally fell to No. 2 seed Peter Yik of Princeton, 3-0, in Sunday's finals...
...Wyant wasn't even supposed to be in the finals. He should have been eliminated in his quarterfinal match versus the tournament's No. 1 seed. Instead, Wyant decided to pull off the year's most stunning upset...
...Squaring off against two-time defending individual national champion Marcus Cowie of the national champion Trinity Bantams, Wyant played one of the best matches of his collegiate career. He won the first two games, 15-9 and 15-7, and although Cowie managed to steal the third at 6-15, Wyant would not be denied, taking the fourth game 15-7 to capture the match...
...freshman, it's quite impressive to reach the quarterfinals," said Wyant of her finish. --Daniel G. Habib
That chance soon materialized, as Wyant went up 14-9 and came up with match point, then rolled over Bell 3-0 (15-8, 15-7, 15-10) before falling to Yick...