Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bill Roberts--the senior manager of the Harvard tennis team who had never played in a varsity match, hell, never even come close--had his dream come true Sunday when coach Dave Fish paired him with Andy Chaikovsky at third doubles during the season finale at Cornell...
...only that, he won, fighting off seven match points and putting away an incredible overhead at four-all in a third-set tiebreaker to drive his teammates into a season-capping fit of delirium...
Hope sprung eternal for the ever-optimistic Roberts, though. He pestered coach Dave Fish--who has the best team depth of any college in New England--again and again to plug him in at third doubles in meaningless matches...
...even practice this winter, but he nonetheless went to UHS for the physical required of all varsity players. "I'm ready to play," he said one day, grinning from ear to ear and waving the green slip after the physical. "Fish is gonna HAVE to put me in at third doubles on the California trip...
...match stayed on serve throughout the third set until, with Roberts serving at 5-6, Cornell took three straight points and needed but one of the next four to win the match...