Word: clincher
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...clincher came in the next round of singles bouts. In that match, No. 22 Erin Burdette knocked off Harvard co-captain No. 45 Susanna Lingman by the score of 6-3, 6-1. The two squads split the remaining matches. No. 123 Celia Durkin eventually succumbed to No. 35 Theresa Logan, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 1-0 (4), in a nail-biter, and Wang stole a win over No. 82 Anne Yelsey in No. 6 singles...
Stationed at the point on the Big Red’s 5-on-4, Ryan O’Byrne whipped Daniel Pegoraro’s pass high through traffic and past blinded Grumet-Morris for the clincher...
Dartmouth freshman starter Stephen Perry held the Crimson to two runs on five hits on Sunday, pitching all nine innings and winning the 7-2 Red Rolfe division clincher in the Ivy League season’s final game. That was the inappropriate ending to a weekend of offensive heroics in Harvard’s final push for a third-straight division title...
...clincher came when the third-seeded pairing of Chiou and junior Martin Wetzel won 8-2. The top duo of sophomore Brandon Chiu and junior Jonathan Chu, now a perfect 6-0 in Ivy play, were last and completed the doubles sweep with an 8-3 victory...
...takes one to know one.’ That’s true of champions, too. And these guys, an experienced, battle-tested bunch, celebrated like they knew they had done something special, from the disappointing season-opener against Brown to Saturday’s title-clincher...