Word: set
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pompan, whose hard, driving ground strokes seemed unaffected by the gale force, and senior Andy Chaikovsky, who mastered the wind with an assortment of junk shots that would make Luis Tiant proud, carried the day for the Crimson by winning their singles decisively and combining for a straight-set win at first doubles...
...match came down to the wire, though, and the number two doubles team of captain Kevin Shaw and sophomore Jim Curley had to gut out a 5-4 tiebreaker win in the second set to put Harvard over...
Sixth singles player Greg Kirsch, also a surprise insertion in the line-up, lapsed briefly in the second set before going on to tool freshman Craig Hardenbergh...
Shaw (at four) and Bob Horne (at three) had a hard time getting into their matches, though, as they dropped a three-setter and a tight two-setter, respectively. And when Curley lost his number five singles match, 6-4 in the third set, the Crimson racquetmen were sitting on the wrong end of a 3-2 score...
After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, the sophomore had to serve his way out of a jam at 5-all, 5-40 in the second. The Californian put away two volleys and went on to win that game, then broke Weise's serve in a marathon game to take the set. After that, Pompan rolled, tying the team match at three apiece...