Liberty wins three times in Lynch Cup tennis BY ZACH EWING Californian staff writer zewing@bakersfield.com<\/a> | Friday, Mar 23 2012 11:08 PM <\/p>\n Last Updated Friday, Mar 23 2012 11:11 PM <\/p>\n Rod Thornburg \/ Special to The Californian <\/p>\n It doesn't take an expert to tell you that a tie, in any sport, was a close contest. <\/p>\n But not all ties are created equal. Take, for example, Friday's Lynch Cup match between Liberty and host Stockdale. <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n \"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.\" <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n Of course. <\/p>\n \"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.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n More here: Liberty wins three times in Lynch Cup tennis BY ZACH EWING Californian staff writer zewing@bakersfield.com<\/a> | 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. Continue reading
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