Blake, the No. 1 player in the country, continued his strong play in his win over Griesser, 6-0, 6-3.
Blake, who had played at the Sportsmen's Club in his youth, peppered the helpless Griesser with a combination of strong serves and crushing groundstrokes. When Griesser finally won a game in the second set, he threw his hands in the air as Crimson and Penn State fans cheered his short-term success.
Filling in for Majmudar at second singles, Doran won easily over Penn's Dorfman, 6-4, 6-3. Although Doran struggled in the early part of the first set, he jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the second before winning easily in the ninth game.
Passarella had a tougher time. Playing one position higher than his usual number four spot, Passarella dropped the first set, 4-6, but came back to win the last two sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2 in the tiebreaker) to defeat Eric Meditz.
After dropping his doubles match earlier in the day, Passarella seemed determined not to let the match slip away. Amid a chorus of grunts and screams Passarella proved victorious in a match that lasted nearly two hours.
Green moved from the number six singles position up to number four for Harvard and seemed to enjoy his new surroundings, defeating Martini, 7-5, 6-1.
After the usual starters had moved up into the position left open by Majmudar and Clark, the number five and six positions were still open. Freshman William Lee took the number five position, and classmate Cillie Swart filled in at number six.
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