Word: laitala
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meringoff won in the second singles slot 6-2, 6-3, and the victories continued on down the line, with freshman Daniel Chung, freshman Howard Kim, and juniors Chris Laitala and Sudhakar Kosaraju all winning by comfortable margins...
With only sophomore Chris Laitala (playing sixth) and freshman Daniel Chung (playing fifth) out on the court for Harvard, the Crimson only had to win one to cinch the match. But Laitala lost a third-set tiebreaker and the score was tied, putting the pressure squarely on the freshman...
...time of Laitala's loss, Princeton's Reed Cordish had just broken Chung's serve to go up 4-3 in the third set. Chung broke Cordish in the next game to tie the score, but Cordish broke Chung again to go up 5-4 and serve for the game, set, match, and team match...
That left Meringoff and Laitala as the only ones playing. Both of them won their first sets and lost their second ones, but Meringoff polished off his opponent 6-2 in the third to win the team match...
With the match already decided, Laitala lost 6-3 in the third set for West Virginia's final point...