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...third singles slot, Adan Beren and Eli John Stiepel matched powerful serves, but Beren's quick reflexes and dazzling all-court play gave him the edge in the 6-3, 6-2 match...
...losses drop the Crimson's Eastern League record back to 4-4. Yale is now 10-2, hard on the heels of Navy, which has only one loss. That means a lot of pounding to a lot of fine Eli and Middie pitching before Harvard has a chance...
Pompan is referring to the match with the Eli today at Palmer-Dixon that the Crimson, currently 5-0 in Ivy play, must win if they hope to have a shot at an NCAA berth. Yale's only loss this season came at the hands of Ivy favorite Princeton, another team Harvard must beat (May 6) if they hope to gain the post-season playoffs...
Adam Beren, the number-three singles for Harvard, demonstrated that the Crimson will be able to count on clutch play against the Eli, winning a 5-3 tiebreaker to pull out a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Darrel Lindsey. Service return was another key to Beren's triumph, as he managed to deal with Lindsey's serve, which Pompan described as being the "biggest" in Ivy tennis...
Even in victory, the Crimson had its weak moments. After totally dominating the first half, as Crimson defenders Haywood Miller. Frank Prezioso and Chris Esmonde rarely allow the Elis a shot, and Crimson goaltender Tim Pendergast stopped all but two of the Eli drives. Harvard crumbled in the latter half of the third quarter...