Word: seed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...First seed Howard Sands, who had missed a week of practice before downing Princeton's Ted Farnsworth (ranked third in the nation) on Thursday, did not play. Warren Grossman, nearing the end of a strong season, moved up into Sands's slot for the third time this year. The coach's decision was made to give Grossman a chance to battle Cornell's Dave Merritt, a highly lauded sophomore before the NCAA tournament selections are in announced today. By all indications, Grossman, who took a 7.5, 6-4 win, and Sands have both earned singles spots for Harvard...
...returned, but first seed Howard Sands was out resting an ankle injury. But against the Tigers, everyone was healthy, showing unbelievable strength by winning five three-set matches. The only team casualty was second seed Warren Grossman, who took on Tiger Mike Bodden, a player he has never been able to beat...
Leconte needed just 62 minutes to oust Lendl, the top seed in thsi unique championsionly field at Forest Hill...
Usher reminded the netwomen's number-two seed that "she was the veteran and that she had been through this before." Pe promptly improved her ground strokes and took the next nine games in a row to clinch the match...
...most exciting part of the 10-team tourney for the Crimson was expected to be a rematch between Yale's Glenn Layendecker, and Harvard first seed Howard Sands. Layendecker ousted Sands last week at Soldiers Field, giving him his first East Coast loss of the season. But Sands scratched from the tournament slate Thursday night and remained in Cambridge, feeling ill and still a bit uncomfortable because of a slight ankle stress fracture, which he sustained against Dartmouth...