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...squads established the inside game early as spikes by sophomore Jon Ross and Princeton's Peter Norman accounted for a 3-3 deadlock. But three wild Tiger spikes and a moving violation enabled Harvard to put together a 6-0 run and a 9-3 lead. Ross's service winner and the intimidating blocking by the duo of Nadkarni and senior Mark Chang stretched the Crimson advantage to 12-5 before Norman brought the Tigers back to within four...
...second stanza saw the spikes forging ahead, 5-1, thanks to another Ross ace and pinpoint setting from the Martin tandem Princeton out the deficit to one, 5-4, through Norman and Julian Herencia's short spikes...
...Terry Martin then triggered a seven-point rally as the Crimson pulled in front to stay, 9-4. A Penn dink and momentary miscommunication between Nadkarni and the elder Martin aided a three-point Quaker comeback. But superb team defense paved the way to a 15-7 Crimson victory. Ross blocked three shots and Nadkarni fixed two service winners to set the final score. In the second and deciding game Twite led a 12-2 surge as Harvard fought back from a 7-3 deficit to win the game...
...spikers' relentless teamwork continued to handcuff Princeton in the next two games. Harvard built 9-2 and 13-5 leads before Ross smothered the Tigers with his towering defense, giving the squad its final two points. In the third game, the same strategy paved the way to a 15-7 Harvard triumph...
...Walter Isaacson. Reported by David Aikman/Peking and Ross H. Munro Washington