On the men's side, Harvard lost just one match all weekend: senior John Horwitz fell to his adversary from Navy, three games to two.

"Navy's a tough place to play and Josh was feeling a little under the weather," Doyle said. "The loss isn't going to affect him at all."

Co-Captain and top player Marty Clark ran into trouble at Franklin and Marshall, but won the fifth game of his match 15-3 to escape with a 3-2 win.

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Individual Championships: Following this Wednesday's monster matchup with Yale is the national individual championships, to be held at Navy for the men and at Princeton for the women.

Clark and junior Adrian Ezra--who won the event in 1990--are expected to go and should be the tournament's top two seeds, according to Doyle.

Other players could be selected but may opt not to go in order to catch up on missed school work, Doyle added.

Jeremy Fraiberg '91 won the tournament last year.

The women are expected to send six or seven players to the 64-player tournament, according to Cunningham, including defending champion Fraiberg.

That number is easily the highest of any school, Cunningham said.

"Most teams send two or three--or one--player to that tournament," Cunningham said.