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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – In at number five on the New Year's Countdown, Patricia Guerriero and Breanne Tremblay's 50-point tiebreak win in the Converse Fall Classic Tennis Tournament Sept. 6.
Guerreiro and Tremblay knocked off the University of Charleston's Tinsley and Edwards in a flight one doubles match 9-8 (24).
If you're not familiar with tennis scoring notation, that means Tremblay and Guerreiro won a tiebreaker (typically played to seven with victory obtained by a margin of two) 26-24 to gain the final point in a 9-8 match.
For some perspective to why this moment clocks in fifth.
By comparison, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic played a 22-point tiebreak at last year's U.S. Open that set a record for the longest in a men's Grand Slam final. It lasted 25 minutes.
The record for longest tiebreak in a Grand Slam event is 38. That total has been reached three times, with major winners Bjorn Borg, Goran Ivanisevic and Andy Roddick winning those, respectively.
The Lady Eagles were down 5-2 early in the tiebreak before coming back to tie the score at six all. The Lady Eagles saved 10 match points while squandering 9 match points before finally coming through by winning the 50th point. The match time was 1 hour 53 minutes.
C-N head tennis coach Jean Love said the tiebreak is the longest she's witnessed in her 28 years as coach.
The Carson-Newman Athletics New Year's Countdown continues Saturday with moment four.
Check cneagles.com, @cnathletics on Twitter and facebook.com/cneagles each day to find out what ranks where.
We'll reveal a moment every day with the top moment being revealed New Year's Eve.
Carson-Newman athletic administrators, coaches, assistants and trainers contributed to the rankings.
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No. 4 - ??? revealed 12-28
No. 5 – The Eagles win a 50-point tiebreak
No. 6 – C-N women's golf tears up the Highlands Course at the SMI
No. 7 – Gabby Gianeselli's Golden Goal at LMU
No. 8 – Kim-Moss' final round at the McDonough Cup
No. 9 – Burstrom busts for 27 as C-N snaps streak at L-R
No. 10 - C-N swimming wins its first event
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