Word: gideons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first place with co-champions Columbia and Penn. Harvard secured last night’s contest early, winning doubles matches at No. 2 and No. 3 for the doubles’ point in addition to winning three singles matches at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5. Co-captain Gideon Valkin, playing at No. 3, rounded out his collegiate career with his 11th straight singles win, “When Gid came on, it was lights on, lights off,” sophomore Chris Clayton said. “He went out with a bang.” Playing...
...sophomore Chris Clayton said. “There is pride on the line, regardless of the records.”With the end of his collegiate career in sight—and playing in his final match on Harvard’s courts—co-captain Gideon Valkin elevated his game even further, coasting to victories in all of his singles and doubles matches.“Gideon has been hot,” Clayton said. “Period. It’s been phenonemenal—it takes a lot of pressure off the top singles players...
...said. “He didn’t really try to hit winners, and the way I generally lose is trying to go for too much and beating myself.”Harvard’s other two singles wins came from senior No. 4 and co-captain Gideon Valkin (6-1, 7-6) and No. 5 sophomore Sasha Ermakov, who won a trying three-setter (5-4, 6-7, 6-3), persevering in a pressure situation that would have tripped him up just weeks earlier.Valkin’s win boosts his current singles win streak to eight...
...captain Gideon Valkin won, 7-6, 6-3, at No. 5, turning around an early first-set deficit to take the tiebreaker, 7-5, and then overpowering his opponent in the second...
Senior co-captain Gideon Valkin believes that every team in the league will put up a fight for the championship this season...