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Freshman Fleur Broughton, who came to Harvard from Christchurch, New Zealand, started off the weekend well for the team, knocking off Dart-mouth's Allison Taff, the number-two seed in the B flight. Broughton squeaked through the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-3, then dropped the second 1-6. After some words of wisdom from Coach Gordon Graham, she smoked Taff 6-0 in the third...
...also teamed with sophomore Sanaz Ghazal to win the second draw of the B-Flight doubles. They clinched the final with a well-executed 8-6 victory over Brown's Leela Raju and Heather Young. Ghazal's strong serving and Broughton's flawless volleying were too much for the Brown...
Another freshman, Andrea Magyera, was part of the other big win for the Crimson. In A-Flight doubles, she and junior Vedica Jain held on for a stunning 9-8 (7-3) triumph over Brown's Saranga Sangakkara and Julia Martynova. Sangakkarra is ranked 57th in the nation, and she was the number three seed in the A Flight for this tournament. Jain and Magyera fell behind 7-4 then took four games for an 8-7 lead. They dropped the next game and then pulled out the win in the tiebreaker...
Junior Shara Miller smashed Providence College's Katie Lafayette in the first round of the D-Flight singles, 6-1, 6-3. In the semifinals, she beat Dart-mouth's Carolyn Roth, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-4. This brought her to the final where she faced off against Caroline Bashleben, also from Dartmouth. Even with Miller's impressive groundstrokes and tenacious, gritty play, she could not pull out a victory, losing...
Junior Kristen Flink, who is not usually in the starting rotation, played some of the most exciting tennis of the weekend. She made it through the D-Flight to the third-place match, where she lost a thrilling three-setter, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, to Roth. Flink impressed her teammates with her strong returns, great shot placement and mental toughness...