With the No. 17 ranking in the country and the nation's best player, the Harvard men's tennis team probably had an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament locked up.

But why risk a vote?

The Crimson (19-4, 6-0 Ivy) continued its dominance of the Ivy League this weekend, clinching the division championship by beating Brown 7-0 on Friday and Yale 6-1yesterday at the Murr Center.

The title, Harvard's 10th in the last 11 years and fifth straight, carries an automatic NCAA bid. The wins also extend its home-winning streak to 36 matches.

"Basically, I think we kind of expected to win the Ivy title this year," co-captain Mike Passarella said. "Its still nice to finally wrap that up."

Only junior John Doran dropped a singles match this weekend, and the Crimson swept all six doubles matches despite playing again without ill co-captain Kunj Majmudar and sophomore Andrew Styperek.

Harvard had more difficulty with the gusty winds yesterday at Barnaby Courts than with Yale.

The actual Ivy clincher came in the third singles match of the day, with Harvard already ahead 3-0.

In dominant fashion fitting for Harvard's Ivy season, freshman William Lee blew out Eli freshman Gabe Goldstein, 6-2, 6-0, despite playing one slot ahead of his usual No. 6.