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...senior evened things up at 5-5 with two sharply angled crosscourt shots and two forehand winners...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Blank Red, Edge Out Eagles, 5-3 | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...cruised to a 6-0 victory in the first set over Karen Garber and Marjorie Dippell, mixing crosscourt shots with touch volleys at the net. Even though they won easily in the first set, both players kept up their intensity in the second...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Say See-Ya-Later to Syracuse | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

Equally impressive was Shyjan's composure. After gaining a set point in the tiebreaker with a beautifully finessed crosscourt passing shot, Shyjan lost the next point when he hit the ball long. However, he responded by hitting a volley that Gollob could not handle to make the score...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netmen Overcome Yale, 5-4 | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

...exuberance Shyjan emphatically slammed the ball back to his opponent's side of the court, earning a code violation (a loss of one point) for abuse of ball. Shyjan did not appear the least bit fazed, eventually wrapping up the set with a sharply-angled crosscourt return of serve. He cruised through the second set, winning the last four games...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netmen Overcome Yale, 5-4 | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

Chang then teamed with junior Robi Soni to take the number-two doubles match against Astorino and Kyle Hawthrone, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. Both teams stayed on serve throughout the first set. The Temple duo went up a minibreak in the tiebreaker, but a crosscourt forehand winner from Soni kept Harvard in the set. Soni then took advantage of a second serve opportunity at 6-5 to clinch the tiebreaker...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netmen Play Ungracious Hosts to Temple, 7-2 | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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