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...seesaw second set wound its way to 4-4 at the end of a tie-breaker before Walker netted a backhand slice to tie the match at one set apiece. Walker next dropped to 1-4 in the final set, helping Diaz by serving several double-faults. Then Walker got serious...
Then Pompan turned the tide. Staying back at the baseline more often and serving powerfully, Pompan first pulled ahead with a service ace, then broke serve as a Robinson backhand went wide of the left baseline. With Robinson making more frequent errors and Pompan directing the ball repeatedly to the Quaker's limited backhand, the second set went to Pompan 6-1 after another service...
...forehand into Robinson's deep backhand corner, a glorious backhand slice, a Robinson net shot, Pompan's hustling return and a backhand deep to Robinson's backhand forced an error and gave Pompan...
Pacing the ball with pinpoint accuracy, the Harvard senior mixed tenacious consistency with an occasional glorious crosscourt backhand winner. Even when Eames made repeated lob returns of Chaikovsky smashes, the Crimson number two refused to grow careless and pounded down more overheads until Eames finally netted the ball...
...game singles margin was merely icing on the cake since Harvard swept the doubles. Pompan and Chaikovsky at number one pasted Davidson and Schmucker, 6-2, 6-3. What coach Dave Fish called Chaikovsky's "playmaking" shots, complemented the fierce forehand and backhand winners of Pompan to leave Davidson and Schmucker almost helpless...