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Martlets Split Results on Day with Dramatic Victory over Loomis
After falling 2-5 to Berkshire with wins from the top two spots by Jack Turvey '20 and Alex Unruh '22, the Martlets took to the courts against Loomis Chaffee. Loomis had beaten the Martlets in a pre-season match but the lineups were slightly different today. Unruh won at No. 2 in a default making him 2-0 for the day. Turvey followed with a quick 3-0 victory giving the team an early 2-0 lead. At No. 6 captain Mac Dye '20 found himself down 0-2 while Scott Lee '20 at No. 4 was in a tight battle. Lee strained his hip lunging for a ball but got more precision in his game to turn a 1-2 deficit into a 3-2 win giving Westminster a 3-0 lead. Meanwhile Dye had battled back with decisive shots to even his match at two all. A win by him would seal the team match. At the same time Travis Paulsen '20 was in a very close match. After losing a tiebreaker in game one, he won an easy game and then a tiebreaker to take a 2-1 lead. After another tiebreaker loss Paulsen's match was 2-2 as well — the third one of the match. Paulsen lost in five and Peter Miller '22 lost at No. 3, a tough position, to make the match 3-3. Loomis had pulled even. It all came down to the No. 5 match with George Hartmann '23 thrust onto the big stage with everyone watching. Hartmann lost the first game after shooting a lot. In game two he worked the back corners and showed that he would have something to say in this match. Game three was close but went to Loomis. Hartmann was not done, however, and pulled out game four. The match was 2-2 and the team match was 3-3. Four five-game matches and Loomis had already won two of them. Perhaps they had fresher legs. Westminster had just played Berkshire while Loomis rested. Hartmann made a few errors to start game five. He was down 1-5 and things looked bleak. He steadied himself and reminded himself to keep it simple and stay away from the tin. He found some extra width and stretched his opponent winning 10 of the last 13 points for the rousing 11-8 victory. What a day!
Westminster vs. Berkshire
1. Jack Turvey W 3,8,4
2. Alex Unruh W (7),4,7,8
3. Peter Miller L 8,5,2
4. Scott Lee L 7,4,6
5. George Hartmann L 8,6,6
6. Mac Dye L 9,5,(10), 7
7. Travis Paulsen L 8,4,6
Ex. Gus Hartmann L 7, (13), 7, (5), 7
Westminster vs. LC
1. W 4,1,0
2. W def.
3. L 5,5,6
4. W (6),6,(7), 5, 6
5. W (6), 7, (7), 7, 8
6. L 9, 5, (7), (7), 5
7. L 10, (7), (10), 10, 5
ex. L 7,6,8
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