Playing with gritty determination, Granat powered her way to the quarterfinals before falling 6-3, 6-3 to Columbia's Liz Alina.

Parker played aggressively and took Brown's highly-ranked Monica Katrina to the limit before running out of gas and succumbing 6-7, 7-6, 6-1. Parker then pushed her way to the quarterfinals of the consolation round before falling to Kristin Kodalik of Penn State, 6-3, 7-6.

"Granat did not actually play as well as she could have," Harvard Coach Gordon Graham said. "She got to the quarterfinals more through will and determination and she might have beaten [Alina] if she was a little fresher."

Parker has shown particular promise all year since this is the second time this season she has come within a couple of points of knocking off a top 10 player and pulling off a major upset.

"Parker's got the kind of game to beat those top players," Graham said.

"She forces other players to make mistakes, but she also winds up making those mistakes. She needs to learn how to put people away."