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...carousel of injuries that has hampered the Harvard wrestling team all season proved to be the deciding factor again this weekend, as the Crimson fell to Princeton and Penn in a set of Saturday dual meets at the MAC. Even worse for the home team, though, was that the Harvard (2-10-1, 0-2 Ivy) grapplers’ usual spark and resilience seemed to be missing against the Crimson’s Ivy foes...
Against Penn, Guruge took center court as she sought to avoid playing a five-set match for the second Saturday in a row. She faced the Quakers’ Nabilla Ariffin in what started out as a close matchup. Guruge set up a 9-6 lead, but Ariffin did not let up easily...
Hideko Tachibana at No. 2 soon followed her fellow freshman’s example. After taking the first set, 6-2, Tachibana quickly fell behind 2-1 in the second set. Not to be outdone, Tachibana stole back the momentum while approaching the net with a cross-court backhand that sliced across the service boxes and well out of reach of her opponent to take the game. She went on to win the next four games to take the match and give Harvard its third point...
...court, sophomore Holly Cao, ranked first in the Northeast Region, won the clinching point for the Crimson. After falling behind 4-2 in the first set, she came back to win it 7-5 and then dominated the following one by a score...
...Holly is a special player,” Green said. “Once again she came through for us. She clawed her way back and won the first set and then won the second set pretty easily...