Looking frustrated, Passarella returned to his bench in the middle of the second and got some words of encouragement from Fish. Whatever Fish said, Passarella responded. The co-captain took the second set 6-4 with an aggressive net game.

In the third, Passarella took his opponent to a tiebreak. After saving a match point, Passarella completed the dramatic comeback. The celebration was short-lived, however, as Passarella had to dodge an airborne racquet thrown in frustration from the other side of the net. The violent hurl seemed to sum up Cornell's feelings throughout the day.

The sweep now depended on Clark.

Clark moved up to the No. 3 position from his usual spot in the bottom half of the Crimson line-up. Facing a talented Cornell freshman, Clark dropped the first set 3-6 as his backhand failed him throughout.

In the second, Clark battled to win the set in a tiebreak, saving a match point. Clark seemed to gather accuracy and energy as the match grew old and frustrated his opponent.

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

A win against Cornell is one of the more familiar and predictable parts of the Ivy season. Harvard last lost to the Big Red in 1960. With the win on Saturday, the Crimson extended the Big Red white-out to 39 straight matches.

The Crimson will look to continue its domination of the Ancient Eight when it travels to Princeton and Penn next weekend.