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...Dartmouth, however, the postseason was Wednesday. Although the Big Green had no chance of consideration by the NCAA selection committee, the match against the Crimson represented an opportunity to send seniors Rebecca Dirksen and Allison Taff off as winners at home...
Junior No. 3 Sanaz Ghazal and sophomore No. 4 Jennie Timoney were also swept by their Big Green counterparts. Gahal fell to Taff, Dartmouth's other departing senior, 6-3, 6-2, and Timoney lost to fellow sophomore Carlie Bashleben...
...anything, this scenario seemed to favor Harvard, as the Crimson doubles teams had been strong all year. Despite their advantage on paper, however, all three of the Harvard duos faltered in Hanover. The Big Green senior tandem of Dirksen and Allison Taff defeated Bajin and Ghazal by an 8-3 margin...
Dirksen had only recently returned to doubles play after her previous injuries, but she and Taff won their fourth straight match with relative ease, and Dartmouth seemed poised...
Despite this intensity and determination, the first pair faced a formidable opponent in Dartmouth's due of Dirksen and Taff. After jumping out to a 7-4 lead in the race to eight games, Jain and Magyera were unable to put away a 40-0 match point...