At No. 2--after falling behind an early break in the first set to Ahn Ahn Liu--Doran recovered to win the set with a 9-7 tiebreak. Then--with this newfound momentum--he closed out the match, winning the second set, 6-4.
Also prevailing in a tight match, Passarella defeated Patrick Sweeney 7-6 (6), 6-4, at the No. 5 singles slot.
"It was nice to be playing well again," Passarella said. "I lost [to Sweeney] freshman year, and then beat him sophomore year, so it was nice to win the third time around."
In doubles action, Harvard tried a new lineup partnering: Doran and Passarella at No. 3 doubles. And the move paid off, as the pair dominated the Tigers' Scott Borenstein and Jeff Schacter, 8-3.
"The new combination worked really well in both matches this weekend," Passarella said.
At the No. 2 position, junior Joe Green and sophomore Scott Clark played solidly in defeating Liu and Sweeney, 8-5.
Completing the doubles sweep for the Crimson, Blake and Majmudar earned a hard-fought 9-7 win over Kliegerman and Woo.
On Saturday, Harvard traveled to Philadelphia to take on the Penn, and the result was a 7-0 trouncing of the Quakers.
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