One of Lingman's Crimson teammates who did get farther was junior Andrew Styperek. In his first two matches, he barely broke a sweat, beating Matt Frakes of Penn State 6-2, 6-3 and Yale's No. 1 player and No. 8 seed Greg Royce 7-5, 6-2. His first close match came in the round of 16, against West Virginia's No. 1 player and No. 15 seed Mike Dektas. After pulling out a close tiebreaker in the first set, Styperek finished off Dektas for a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win and a spot in the quarterfinals.

Unfortunately, Styperek's luck ran out against Columbia's Akram Zaman, the No. 12 seed. After winning the first set 6-3, Styperek lost the momentum and the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Other Crimson players who participated in the tournament fared well also. Junior Mike Rich took out No. 9 seed Salil Seshadri of Columbia in three sets in the second round before suffering a 6-3, 6-4 defeat at the hands of Oscar Lopez of the University of Maryland- Baltimore.

In the singles finals, Mitchell Koch of Navy defeated Justin Natale of Brown 6-4, 7-5. Both will get a berth into the Rolex Indoor Tournament in February.

On the doubles side, the Crimson faired well, but did not meet its high expectations. The unseeded team of Oliver Choo and Mike Rich rolled through to the quarterfinals before losing to the No. 1 team of Seshadri and Zaman. Harvard's top team, the No. 5 seeds Joe Green and Andrew Styperek, also played well but was stopped early in the tournament, falling in the quarters to the No. 2 team from Navy.

The tournament closed out the Crimson's successful fall season. With marked improvement from the freshman and returning players, and the ECAC fall title under the belt, Harvard Coach Dave Fish and the rest of the players will have the next two months off from competition to work out and rest.

"It's good to have different guys doing well at different times," Fish said. "There's been parity from the beginning, and I've seen great improvement and good motivation. The only thing that could be different in the spring is doubles."