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Freshman Dave Lingman, on the other hand, was anything but nervous. Unseeded and in the middle of the pack on the Harvard team, Lingman had a great run through the tournament. In the first round, he defeated Jay Bruner of Virginia Tech in straight sets. Then after a tough 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 second round victory over Akshay Jagdale of Rutgers, Lingman made his big upset...
With relative ease, Lingman toyed and dispatched No. 14 seed Steve Millerman--Columbia's No. 1 player--6-3, 6-4. Lingman then had a shot in the fourth round against No.5 seed Eric Scharf of St. John's, but ultimately fell...
...played better than I had been the whole season," Lingman said. "My forehand and serve were working well. I was actually disappointed I didn't get farther...
...Lingman's Crimson teammates who did get farther was junior Andrew Styperek. In his first two matches, he barely broke a sweat, beating Matt Frakes of Penn State 6-2, 6-3 and Yale's No. 1 player and No. 8 seed Greg Royce 7-5, 6-2. His first close match came in the round of 16, against West Virginia's No. 1 player and No. 15 seed Mike Dektas. After pulling out a close tiebreaker in the first set, Styperek finished off Dektas for a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win and a spot in the quarterfinals...
Fish also commented on the fact that lesser-known players like Lingman and Styperek were doing well while some of the top players have had their ups and downs...