Junior Mike Rich fell 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5 singles, and Lingman lost in straight sets at No. 2 singles to Amgwerd, ranked eighth in the nation.
The other four matches split sets and went to a special tiebreaker instead of the usual third set.
At No. 5 singles, Lee won 10-5 in the tiebreaker, and Swart captured his tiebreaker, 10-8 at No. 6.
Doran fell at No. 1 in the tiebreaker, setting up Green, as the savior.
Green did not disappoint at No. 3 singles, winning 10-7 in the tiebreaker as his teammates cheered him on.
SMU 5, Harvard 2
Doran and Swart got things rolling early with an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles. Styperek and Lee secured the doubles point with an 8-5 win at No. 3. But Green and Lingman, the 29th-ranked doubles team in the country, fell in a tiebreaker to Toby Hansson and Jon Wallmark, who are ranked 11th in the nation.
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