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M. Tennis Splits Squad, Still Succeeds

No. 1 Browne first defeated Dartmouth's Parashar Ranade 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 16, then reached the finals by defeating Dartmouth's Neal Bobba, 6-2, 6-2, in the quarterfinals and UNLV's Leslie Eisingg, 6-2, 6-2, in the semifinals.

Crimson co-captain Anthony Barker won his opening singles match against Dartmouth's Jonathan Powell, 6-1, 6-1, but fell to Skorin, 5-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-4. Fellow co-captain Michael Rich was also eliminated by losing in straight sets to Royce, 6-5, 6-2.

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In doubles action, Riddell and Browne teamed to defeat Dartmouth's Greg D'Incelli and Borko Kerseshi to reach the semifinals, while Rich and junior Cille Swart upset Royce and Scott Carleton, 8-5. Riddell and Browne then defaulted in the semis against Rich and Swart.

Rich and Swart then faced Brown's Argo and Kris Goddard in the doubles finals. Rich and Swart's attempt to complete a Crimson sweep of the finals fell short, however, as they lost in a close match, 8-7 (9-7).

In their opening matches, Snyder and Barker beat Yale's Rosenfeld and Dustin West, 8-4, and Rich and Swart defeated Dartmouth's Harlan Thompson and Rob Pringle, 8-7.

Barker and Snyder upset No. 3 Skorin and Eisingg in the quarterfinals, 8-7 (7-4), before losing to Argo and Goddard.

At Penn, with Crimson players holding three of the four semifinal doubles spots and an all- Crimson final, Nguyen and Turner defeated freshman Bo Wiegand and sophomore Oliver Choo, 8-6, to take the doubles title.

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