Liberty wins three times in Lynch Cup tennis

Liberty wins three times in Lynch Cup tennis BY ZACH EWING Californian staff writer zewing@bakersfield.com | Friday, Mar 23 2012 11:08 PM

Last Updated Friday, Mar 23 2012 11:11 PM

Rod Thornburg / Special to The Californian

It doesn't take an expert to tell you that a tie, in any sport, was a close contest.

But not all ties are created equal. Take, for example, Friday's Lynch Cup match between Liberty and host Stockdale.

Each team won three matches -- Liberty the singles, Stockdale the doubles. Each team won six sets, sweeping each of its victories. Now it gets wild: The next tiebreaker is games, and each team won precisely 54 of those. Finally, on the third tiebreaker -- the No. 1 singles match -- Anthony Busacca's win gave the Patriots the narrowest of victories.

"I figured my match was obviously going to matter, but I didn't know it would go down to games and be that close," Busacca said. "It was really crazy how it ended up being."

That's not all. The same two teams played in a Southwest Yosemite League match Thursday -- and played to a 6-6 tie that wasn't broken.

Of course.

"Tying is not bad, but when the tiebreaker doesn't go your way, it's a little bit rough," Stockdale coach Dave Hillestad said. "I was saying the day before, 'If it comes to a tie, we know their singles are tough.' I knew we either had to win a set or get them on games, and it was right there."

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