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This is not his first experience playing against high-level competition, though. To start off his international career with the United States U-20 team, Akpan scored a hat trick against Haiti and was influential in the country’s qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup...
“We started out with a couple of very narrow wins against competition we would normally [have] beaten,” West said. “But then we had some really good wins after that.”
One shot was all it took for West, who persevered despite a busy schedule and tough competition. After winning four matches in two days, he defeated Princeton freshman Todd Harrity to claim the national title.
One of West’s strongest competitors, two-time defending national champion Baset Chaudhry of Trinity, was not present at the competition. Chaudhry had handed West his only regular-season loss, though West won the duo’s first battle during preseason. Even without Chaudhry on the court...
Completing the season with a 7-2 overall record, the Crimson dropped only one meet against Ivy competition, culminating in a second-place finish at the Ivy League Championships. With four athletes named to the All-Ivy team, the squad capped off the 2009-10 season in style.