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The Green Wave (19-4, 6-0 Conference USA) took the doubles point as well as the first two singles matches, but the Fighting Irish (15-9, 3-2 Big East) refused to go quietly. The team pushed two singles matches to a third set and led both, while another...
Though the senior doubles team of Mark Riddell and co-captain David Lingman rolled to an 8-1 victory, the other two matches remained knotted.
The doubles competition rested on the shoulders of senior Chris Chiou and junior Martin Wetzel. Under pressure, the latter produced shot after spectacular shot, jumping and screaming on the court to the delight of the fans.
And so Harvard clinched the doubles point, the momentum and the attention of every fan in the stadium.
For 30 minutes, even though the Crimson trailed in two of three doubles matches, thoughts of a first-round exit from the NCAA tournament were the farthest from anyone’s mind.