BOYS' TENNIS: H.-W. RALLIES TO BEAT SANTA BARBARA.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. -- Michael Vann didn't shy away from Verb 1. shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" the pressure of playing singles against three formidable opponents. Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's young doubles players wouldn't back down from Santa Barbara's veteran lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. . And Ryan Thacher couldn't let his teammates down, even if it meant having to miss today's 107th annual Ojai Valley Tournament as a result. Despite trailing No. 2 Santa Barbara at the match's midway point, the Wolverines -- the top-ranked team in Southern Section Div. I -- rallied to win seven of the final nine sets Wednesday to clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. a 10-8 nonleague victory. It was the second time in five weeks that Harvard-Westlake (15-0) knocked off the division's No. 2 team on its home court. The Wolverines defeated University High of Irvine 81-79 on games March 22 after the teams played to a 9-9 result. "It's pretty awesome we stepped up like that, especially away," said Vann, who recorded two clutch victories against Santa Barbara (15-1). "I felt like I had to play singles for us to beat this team. It's my senior year and I'm a captain and I knew what I had to do. And it helps having Jordan (Abergel) and Ryan tiring tir·ing n. See cerclage. them out. We work really well together as a team." The Wolverines trailed 4-2 following the first round, with Santa Barbara feeding off the energy of a crowd of nearly 100 spectators to sweep in doubles. Senior Nic Patonai and freshman Chris Kenney began the Wolverines' comeback by beating Chase Melton mel·ton n. A heavy woolen cloth used chiefly for making overcoats and hunting jackets. [After Melton Mowbray, an urban district of central England.] and Evan Teufel 6-3. Vann then followed with a 6-3 win over Taylor Chavez-Goggin and Abergel beat Daniel Nguyen 6-2 to pull Harvard-Westlake even at 6-6 and ahead 52-46 on games. Thacher, Vann and Abergel clinched Harvard-Westlake's 88th straight regular-season victory with singles triumphs in the final round. Elias De Wit and Alex Wittenberg provided the exclamation mark (character) exclamation mark - The character "!" with ASCII code 33. Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot. with a 7-5 win over Melton and Teufel. |
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