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M. Tennis Cruises vs. Lions, Red in Ivy Openers

With the doubles point secure, Passarella andStyperek retired at 5-5.

Styperek officially suffered a severe anklesprain and spent the rest of the day on crutches.There was no word on how long he will be out.

Styperek, who is normally the team's No. 7singles player, was slotted for the No. 4 or 5position against Cornell.

Playing in Blake's Place at No. 1, Dorandominated his opponent with a large serve andscreaming shots from the base line. While manyothers were finishing up their first sets, Doranwas walking off the court with a 6-1, 6-0 win.

The win was Doran's eleventh straight in dualmatch play. He has been impressive over the lastcouple of months, moving up a slot to No. 2singles and breaking the top 100 in the ITA'sbi-weekly rankings at No. 96.

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Harvard's No. 6 Tom Lee was the next person toregister a point. He made short work of his BigRed counterpart, 6-1,6-3.

At No. 2 Green battled through a longtwo-setter that featured a number of extendedrallies, most of which fell to Green. Although hedid not overpower his opponents in the 6-4, 6-3win, Green's consistency and superb touchsmothered Cornell's no. 2.

Newcomer Anthony Barker won his first match ofthe day when he broke serve in the final gameof the third set to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. The winBarker's first of the year.

The most exciting match of the day came at theNo. 3 and No. 4 positions. At No. 4, Passarellalooked flat in the first part of his match,falling behind 1-6, 1-4.

Looking frustrated, Passarella returned to hisbench in the middle of the second and got somewords of encouragement from Fish. Whatever Fishsaid, Passarella responded. The co-captain tookthe second set 6-4 with an aggressive net game.

In the third, Passarella took his opponent to atiebreak. After saving a match point, Passarellacompleted the dramatic comeback. The celebrationwas short-lived, however, as Passarella had tododge an airborne racquet thrown in frustrationfrom the other side of the net.

The sweep now depended on Clark.

Clark moved up to the No. 3 position from hisusual spot in the bottom half of the Crimsonline-up. Facing a talented Cornell freshman, Clarkdropped the first set 3-6 as his backhand failedhim throughout.

In the second, Clark battled to win the set ina tiebreak, saving a match point. Clark seemed togather accuracy and energy as the match wore onand frustrated his opponent.

Clark pulled out the match, 3-6, 7-6, 7-5, tocomplete the Crimson sweep.

A win against Cornell is one of the morefamiliar and predictable parts of the Ivy season.Harvard last lost to the Big Red in 1960. With thewin on Saturday, the Crimson extended the Big Redwhiteout to 39 straight matches.

The Crimson will look to continue itsdomination of the Ivies when it travels toPrinceton and Penn next weekend

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