Word: see-sawed
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Howard Sands, in the number one slot, battled Paul Beirnstein in a tight see-saw match only to lose in a tie-breaker in the deciding third set. Adam Beren, number two player, and captain Don Pompan, filling the number three position, followed Sands' lead, forcing their respective Sundevil opponents into similar tiebreakers. But the Crimson were all unsuccessful...
Bain, playing with a pulled muscle, entered the finals against Western Ontario's Dennis Hissey, the number-one seeded player with a 15-1 game record for the tournament. After a see-saw battle the competitors went the distance. In the fifth game, Bain dropped behind, 3-7, before fighting back to win the final match of his intercollegiate career with a perfect three wall rolling shot...
...squad's only losses were had by number three man Chip Robie in a see-saw, five game match, and Steve Bakalar in the number eight slot...
Walker emerged unscathed and, after a see-saw struggle against Notre Dame on New Year's Day, so did the Bulldogs. Georgia turned away a second-half comeback by the Fighting Irish, winning 17-10 to bring home the first football national championship (No. 1 rankings in both major wire service polls) in the school's history. Walker gained 150 yds. on 36 carries. Aside from that, the team was minus 30 yds. on the ground and only plus 7 in the air. But it was a tenacious defense, led by All-America Cornerback Scott Woerner, that helped...
...Crimson narrowly outshot the Cardinals in the see-saw battle, coming up with 19 shots to Wesleyan...