Harvard co-captain Kunj Majmudar and sophomore James Blake, the No. 2 team in the nation, lost a razor-close match to the Rams' top team in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-5).
"They played good doubles," Mandeau said. "They lost to a good team. They just came up a little short."
In singles action, Blake, the No. 1 player in the nation, bounced back for a 6-2, 6-3 victory over No. 17 Daniel Andersson at the top singles slot.
The Rams came back, though. Manuel Kropfreiter defeated Passarella, 6-4, 6-3, for what would be their last point of the match.
But that wasn't evident at the time.
Majmudar and Joe Green, Harvard's Nos. 2 and 5, respectively, both dropped the first sets in their matches before posting eventual wins.
Doran came through for the Crimson at No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
To put the Crimson up 3-2 in the match, Clark defeated the Rams' Ollie Lundberg, 6-3, 7-5.
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