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Trailing 4-3, the Elis swept the final two doubles matches with close third-set victories to stun the previously unbeaten Crimson...
...only real challenge of the day came at number one singles, where Captain Dan Waldman nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory before polishing off Quaker Rick Meyer, 5-4, in a third-set tiebreaker. Meyer, one of the best players in the East, epitomized the frustrating decline of Penn's once mighty tennis squad--the loss was his third in a final-set tiebreaker this year...
After Gerken's match, the focus of attention turned to Todd Lundy's battle against Jon Molen at number two-the best match of the day. After the two players split closely-contested 6-4 sets, Lundy came on to win-you guessed it-a third-set tie-breaker...
...that the men's tennis team lost a shot at the Ivy crown and the NCAA tourney with a 5-4 upset loss to Yale, after leading 3-2 in the third-set tiebreaker of the crucial doubles match...
Denise Thal's three-setter decided the match in favor of Radcliffe. With the team score knotted at 3-3 and Thal's number two match tied at one set apiece, the captain captured the crucial win with a 6-3 third-set victory...