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...last point of Curley's gut-wrenching 5-4 triumph in the tie-breaker of his third set against the University of Virginia's Harland Stone proved to be the one point that made all the difference as the Harvard men's tennis team opened its '79 spring season by beating the Cavaliers in New Haven...
...first varsity match, sophomore Curley dropped his first set to Stone 6-3. After Curley reversed that score to capture the second set 6-3, the pair traded six service breaks before the score reached 6-6 in the critical third set. Then, at 4-4 in the tie-breaker, Curley, unable to put away three previous match points, set a low backhand volley down the center of court which jammed Stone on his forehand side. The return landed a foot wide of the sideline on Curley's backhand side, and the Crimson had its fourth...
...Crimson's Tim Maximoff, Jack Gauthier, and Steve Schramm all broke Hopkins pool records during the early slaughter. Maximoff followed Harvard's victorious medley relay with his standard-breaker (16:04.48) in the 1,650-yd. freestyle to give the Crimson a 12-4 cushion after two events...
Harvard wasted no time in disposing of the Eli eleven, assuming a never-to-be-relinquished lead just three minutes into the game. Crimson leading scorer Sue St. Louis--who else?--registered the ice-breaker on a pass from Kathy Batter...
Dartmouth's second goal was the back-breaker. Second-half play resumed much as the first had ended, with end-to-end play, but with nine minutes ticked away, the Big Green's Ehrsam jumped on an errant Langton pass and sent Brian Hitchcock in alone. Harvard's Walsh came flying out of the net but Hitchcock beat him to the ball and drilled it to the left corner...