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The fifth and sixth seeds also dropped matches. John Stubbs surrendered 1-3 to Pat Murray, while teammate Clancy Nixon went the distance, losing to Tom Wolfe 15-7, 15-7, 14-16, 8-15, and 15-18.
The Crimson's John Stubbs lost a razor-close three-game match to Peter Thompson, 11-15, 14-16, and 14-16. Clark Bain also succumbed in three straight, losing to Andy MacDonald, 11-15, 12-15, and 12-15.
Numbers five and six--John Stubbs vs. Peter Thompson, Clancy Nixon vs. Thor Kayeum: Both crucial matches. Thompson defeated Bacon in five sets last year, and Kayeum edged Stubbs. Kayeum has been playing some of his best squash the last few weeks.
In all four of the close matches, the Harvard recquetmen won the first two games before losing the next two. Havens and Nixon won the decisive fifth games in their matches by scores of 15-13 and 15-12. Stubbs's final game was a heartbreaking 16-18 loss.
Ned Bacon almost imitated teammates Havens, Stubbs, Nixon, and Secrest, when he defeated Randy Kahn in the first two games of his match and then lost his third game. However, Bacon edged Kahn 16-15 in the fourth game for a 3-1 score in the eighth slot.