Word: match
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Libby Pierpont held the dubious distinction of participating in the longest match of the day (or night). In the second position, she and Pam Smith split two close sets before the black curtain fell. Improvising, the coaches agreed to play a nine-point tiebreaker to end the marathon, five games into the third...
Captain Katie Ditzler, competing at number three, eeked by Kathy Bourne in a match with no less than two tiebreakers. In the final set, with the tiebreaker knotted at 4, the UNH player double faulted to give the win to Ditzler...
Playing in the fourth slot, Leslie Miller was not as lucky, losing her tiebreaker, 4-5, to drop the match to Meighan Dignam, 4-6, 6-7. Marjorie Solomon survived a lengthy contest with Judy Wiles and emerged...
...darkness was certainly a factor," manager Robin Worth said. "At the end of Libby's match it was so dark they couldn't do anything fancier than find the ball and try to return it," she added...
...learned a lot as a new coach," Coach Peter Felske commented. "I really miscalculated UNH's strength. I need to get the whole group out there for every match we play...