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Eagles Soar Over Drago-less Netwomen

B.C. Ends 10-Year Slide Against Crimson With 7-2 Win

Eagles' Chua and Sullivan shot past the doubles tandem of Minkus and Elmuts, 6-2, 6-3, in second doubles.

B.C.'s Fagan and Gabbatt then defeated Small and Wang in straight sets.

"We had already clinched the match by this point," Gabbatt said. "Not that's any reason for [Small and Wang] to have given up. We were really psyched to play."

First doubles competition yielded a showdown for an NCAA Eastern Regional berth between the Harvard demolition duo of Henikoff and deLone, and the Eagles' Lane and Piorkowski.

"[deLone and Henikoff] are hungry. This will be a big match for the NCAA berth," Krass commented prior to the contest.

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But Lane and Piorkowski outplayed the Crimson's terminating tandem in straight sets by a 6-3, 6-1 count.

The Eagle pair aggressively charged the net and pounded the yellow globe to master the match.

"We tried to approach a lot and smash the ball down the middle to get them out of the groove," Piorkowski said. "And, I think Amy [deLone] was tired from the three-set match with Jen [Lane]."

The win for the B.C. duo virtually insures a trip to the NCAA championships in Gainesville, Fla., next month.

THE NOTEBOOK: Harvard will defend its eight-year stranglehold on the Ivy League title as it hosts Ivy Co-champion Yale Friday at 2 p.m. and Brown Saturday at noon. President Derek C. Bok is expected to attend both matches.

Yale

Friday at 2 p.m., the Yale women's tennis team invades Bern Tennis Center for a showdown between last year's Ivy co-champs. Last year, the Elis upset the Crimson, 5-4, to snap Harvard's 45-game Ivy winning steak, dating back from the 1982-83 season.

Yale is led by Lynn Rosenstrach, who is ranked in the Eastern Regional top 10. In 1988, Harvard mauled Yale, 7-2.

YALE

Saturday at noon, Brown will play the Crimson in another key Ivy League matchup. Despite dropping a 6-3 decision to Harvard last year, the Bruins figure to make a serious bid at the Ivy title this season.

Anna Sloan, the nation's 29th-ranked player, and Anne Fitzpatrick, the nation's 37th-ranked player, anchor the Bruin squad. In 1988, Harvard thrashed Brown, 7-2.

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