Word: clinched
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Princeton, which plays Cornell in four games next weekend, just needs to take one to clinch the Lou Gehrig division...
...Crimson (16-6, 6-0 Ivy) defeated the No. 50 Bears 5-2 to enter the weekend, and though Brown (17-5, 5-1) was the only other undefeated Ivy, Harvard still had to overpower the Bulldogs (8-11, 3-3) to clinch a third straight NCAA bid—that is, even if the Crimson lost to either Yale or Dartmouth on Wednesday and the Bears tied for the Ivy crown, the NCAA would accept the head-to-head winner, Harvard...
Following the doubles dominance, Harvard needed just three singles victories to clinch a win, a share of the Ivy title, and an NCAA bid. And it didn’t take long to secure all three...
...pairing of sophomores Eva Wang and Melissa Anderson went on to defeat Michelle Pautler and Victoria Beck 8-4 to clinch the point. In No. 3 doubles, freshmen Preethi Mukandan and Cindy Chu finished off Amanda Saiontz and Daisey Ames...
...staved off a late-charge from substitute Sara Schiffman, 6-3, 7-5 to move Harvard within one point of victory. Bergman, after eking out a tough first set with an extended tiebreak, 7-6 (7), easily dispatched with Ptak 6-2 in the second set to clinch...