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After taking the first set 6-4. Grossman, quite at home in the number one spot, played nearly faultless tennis. He set Hare up with several changes from baseline forehand to backhand, then went to the net and shot him down with some clearly out of reach shots Hare was heard to comment to himself at one point quite vocally. "I can't play tennis today "Grossman didn't let him, taking the set and match with...
...expected unease. While making most of the easier strokes, be still seemed a bit off in his timing with some of the shorter range volleys. Just missing several close shots. After moving to a 5-2 lead in the first set, Beren took advantage of his opponent's nonexistent backhand and hit them there as often as possible, After Barry Judge often returned into the net. Judge, however, was not depending on his backhand. He could hit well, and moved to the ball rapidly, going for some shots that seemed out of reach. Beren began to fall behind...
Both teams had their chances in the ensuing minutes. With Blair out of position after a tough save. Providence's Steve Anderson faced a wide open net but couldn't keep it on his stick long enough to backhand it into the ocean. At the other end. Mark Fusco, hit the post flush five minutes later...
Meanwhile, at number five, Harvard's only freshman, Larry Scott, pulled off an impressive come-from-behind win of his own over Jeff Sparr. Not playing at the top of his game, the lucky yardling survived a first-art loss by hitting a backhand winner to break serve at 6-5, three-all in the second set. Scott then finished off his opponent in the third...
...after the game's first 20 minutes, things looked bleak for the icewomen. The Polar Bears went on top first, opening the day's scoring just 2.24 into the match. Bowdoin's Jennifer Birmingham took the puck from teammate Anni Utryhoven on the play and then sent a quick backhand past Harvard goalie Cheryl Tate to give the Polar Bears their early lead...