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The Crimson then knotted the game at 3-all on a backpedaling putaway overhead by Chaikovsky ("It was the craziest shot") and a putaway volley by Roberts.
The other two doubles matches had resulted in easy Harvard wins, so the whole Crimson squad gathered around the court now in a huddled silence. Roberts served and after an extended rally hit a desperation lob high into the lights. "There's no way you can see the ball in...
On the fourth consecutive match point, Roberts followed his second serve with a deep backhand volley and a fully-extended overhead winner that Shaw called "very close" and Chaikovsky called "very out."
With Roberts "frozen" according to Shaw, Chaikovsky became the Bionic Volleyer, playing eight straight balls but putting none away. Finally, the Big Red launched a deep lob to Roberts' side, hit an overhead smash that neither Cornell player had a chance for.
Roberts and Chaikovsky, the roommates and highly improbable doubles partners, dropped their racquets and embraced. The entire team mobbed them in a made, impromptu dance. The Cornell players, unaware of the circumstances (and nobody was going to tell them, either) shook their heads in supreme puzzlement.