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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...match, he obligingly served two double-faults and dropped his own serve. As a weak lowvolley and groundstroke game prevented Zimmerman from breaking Horne again, the players traded serves until the score reached 6-6. Horne then took all four of Zimmerman's serves in a 5-1 tie-breaker...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Tigers Bombard Netmen in Lopsided 8-1 Victory | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

...match serving at 5-3 and 3-1 in the ninth game of the third set. But after Zimmerman missed a backhand volley, and double-faulted, Horne passed him down the line and the set moved to 5-4. At 6-6, Horne swept the tie-breaker, 5-0, the last point coming as Zimmerman netted an approach shot...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Tigers Bombard Netmen in Lopsided 8-1 Victory | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

...SINGLES--B. Horne (H) def. J. Zimmerman, 7-6 (5-1 tie-breaker), 1-6, 7-6 (5-0 tie-breaker...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Tigers Bombard Netmen in Lopsided 8-1 Victory | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

With Harvard 4-5, and facing set point at 3-3, Redman netted an overhead of a deep Horne lob to tie the set 5-5. In a tie-breaker at the end of that set, the Crimson pair fell behind, 3-2, before running off three straight points, the last on a Kirsch put-away of a high Hudson volley. The pair took the second set more easily, 6-4, as Kirsch continued hitting overpowering overheads and repeatedly putting the ball away...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Yale Edges Netmen in New Englands | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...doubles semifinal, Pompan and Chaikovsky fought off four match points in the second set against Yale's Cary Leeds and Billy Brady before taking the set 7-6. At 4-4 of the tie-breaker, Pompan pummelled a Leeds serve cross-court which a poaching Brady could only nub with the end of his racket. The Yale tandem came back to capture a one-break third set 6-3. Brady led the way with outstanding reflex volleying from close...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Yale Edges Netmen in New Englands | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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