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Harvard's Andy Chaikovsky, at number two, came back from a disappointing straight-set loss to Steve Berliner of Penn on Friday to trounce Joe Perez, 6-2, 6-4. Playing outside in a cross-court wind, Perez could not take advantage of a Chaikovsky serve weekened a sore shoulder. And Chaikovsky's passing shots and judicious lobs helped him dictate the play and win with little trouble...
Pompan and Chaikovsky put the Crimson up 4-3, with an easy straight-set victory at first doubles, placing the burden of proof on Shaw and Curley at two, and Horne and Kirsch at three. Shaw and Curley...
Sophomore Don 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...
...Crimson's first doubles team, Katie Ditzler and Meg Meyer, picked up easy, straight-set victories over first and second round opponents from Clark and Mount Holyoke...
...Crimson reached the finals in all five singles categories, and also the first of the two doubles categories. Three Harvard racquetwomen chalked up straight-set victories in their singles finals--Betsy Richmond at number one, Martha Roberts at two, and Kristen Mertz at five...