Word: momentum
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...Harvard men’s tennis team built on the momentum it garnered last weekend to come up with its first win of the season this Saturday. The Crimson faced stiff opposition from programs that are at the same level as Harvard. The No. 61 Crimson invited No. 62 Brigham Young University, No. 67 Mississippi State University, and DePaul University to the Harvard Kick Off Tournament. This even competition allowed the Crimson to further assess its progress thus far and fine-tune its play before the team starts defending its ECAC crown...
...it’s one or two points,” said Buchanan, who just finished a semester abroad away from squash. “I could have come up with a victory there, and one victory from one player leads to another, it’s all about momentum...but from an individual perspective I was very pleased with my performance...
...match was close from the opening minutes, with the Crimson able to come away with a 47-45 victory in the first set, during which neither team was able to establish momentum. Each time one team had a kill or caught a lucky break from an attack or service error, the other would respond with the same on the next play. Kuld’s finishing abilities were constantly being called upon, as the senior finished the set with 10 kills...
...that point, Harvard had the lost the momentum and couldn’t seem to stop the attacking abilities of A.J. Witkofsky and Zeke Kubisch in the third. The Crimson only won back-to-back points five times throughout the set, while the Gulls frequently had two- and three-point runs...
While Harvard improved its play after a timeout, it couldn’t win consecutive points or steal back momentum. Finally, Witkofsky, who pestered the Crimson all night at the net, finished off the match with his 31st kill, sending the Crimson back to Cambridge on a disappointing note...