"I've been playing in this tournament for four years and had never gotten past the quarterfinals, so this felt good," Majmudar said.

Majmudar credited the improvement in his performance to an improved return game that developed over the summer and during his doubles experiences this fall with Blake.

"The return has given me a lot of help from a breaking standpoint," Majmudar said. "The doubles definitely helped; you are hitting specific returns to certain spots against top national opponents."

Prior to upsetting Marchetti, Majmudar dealt with St. John's Eric Scharf in much easier fashion, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the quarterfinals.

"He was a decent player," Majmudar said. "I pretty much shut him down right away and took control early."

But this tournament was not just a testament to the top of the Crimson line-up.

Junior John Doran, seeded eighth, lived up to his seeding by reaching the quarterfinals before losing a hard-fought third-set tiebreaker to Princeton's Kyle Kleigerman, 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (7-5).

Fellow junior Joe Green continued his impressive fall by reaching the round of 16 before losing after putting a major scare into Aaron Marchetti in a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 marathon loss.

Passarella, in addition to winning the doubles title, also made the round of 16 in the singles draw before falling to Jonathon Beardsley, the second seed.

Sophomore Andrew Styperek made an appearance in the round of 16 before falling to eventual finalist and teammate Majmudar.

"I really think it was a testament to the depth and strength of this team," Assistant Coach Peter Mandeau said. "We went in without James [Blake] and still won the doubles and had a finalist in singles. Andrew Styperek isn't even in our starting lineup and made the round of 16. A number of people around tennis have said that perhaps this team wasn't as good as last year's. We had some doubts ourselves, but this shows were a stronger team that even we expected."

Amen.