Word: helal
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...ladder, co-captain and intercollegiate No. 4 Louisa Hall fell to intercollegiate No. 2 Amina Helal...
...Helal, the two-time defending intercollegiate champion, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first game before Hall gained the serve and responded with an authoritative kill to get on the board. A stroke extended Helal’s lead to 5-1, but Hall battled back to 5-4 before Helal won four consecutive points to capture the game...
Hall then came out for the second game and picked Helal apart, blanking her to even the score...
That proved true in the third game, when Helal ran the table after Hall took the first point. Several times during the game, Helal caught Hall guessing or leaning one way and sent the ball in the other direction to win the point...
...Helal kept cruising in the fourth game, taking a 6-0 lead before Hall clawed back to 6-3. Helal then took two points to set up match ball, but Hall saved three straight—including one on a controversial stroke call—and pulled within one at 8-7 before Helal closed...