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Women's tennis won its second consecutive Massachusetts State Championship. Betsy Richmond defeated teammate Martha Roberts, 6-0, 6-1, in the singles final. In doubles, Katie Ditzler and Meg Meyer topped Laurie Gallagher and Pam Asserian (Tufts), 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Until recently, that is. Last week, right between the orange juice and the Mather House yolkless specials, just as I was mulling over Ernie Roberts's latest bit of culinary trivia ("Don Zimmer's favorite breakfast: Rustoleum and a large portion of crow"), I turned the page and there they...
Roberts, last year's number-one player, struggled to reach the finals, barely edging out her second-round opponent, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. She had no difficulty disposing of Tufts' Laura Weissman, 6-3, 6-3, in the final.
"I was crunching everything and really playing well," Roberts said after her last match.
Sally Roberts and Terry Clarke, at number two doubles, dropped a three setter in the second round to Jumbos Beth Hochuser and Madeline Schwartz. The Tufts tandem snatched a 5-2 tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets 2-6 and 6-1 to knock out the Harvard squad before...