Word: championship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Manny Sanguillen was the star catcher of Pittsburgh Pirates championship team. For most of 1979, he was a forgotten third catcher playing out the string. But the old veteran recaptured some of his lost glory last night, singling in Ed Ott with 2 out in the 9th to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 win over the Orioles in the second game of the World Series...
Another freshman, Debbie Kalish, whom Crimson coach Peter Felske called "the hardest hitting player on the team" took the fifth singles championship with a strong serve and volley game, topping Sara Dunne of Tufts, 6-2, 6-1, in that final...
...number one spot, freshman Tiina (yes, two i's) Bougas led the attack and lived up to her pre-season billing, prevailing in the Boston Championship in her first Harvard match...
Rounding out the list of winners, Deidre Wilde and Patty Vitale grabbed the third doubles title, defeating Ellen Swartz and Anna Houchhousen of Tufts 6-3,6-3 for the championship...
Tiger Jay Lapidus, probably the country's best college player and the tournament's number one seed, nudged out Harvard's Don Pompan, seeded second, in the "A" finals, 6-2, 7-6. Both players qualified for the fall NCAA tennis championship...