And few moments had been as big as this one for the Crimson, as the entire crowd at the Jadwin Gymnasium found its way to the only remaining match of the day.

Ghosh dropped the first two games against Rutherford, necessitating that he win the final three for Harvard to leave Princeton with a victory. He won the next two and led late in the fifth game, but Rutherford found a way to scratch back and tie it at 15-15.

"He was playing some great squash," Ghosh said. "I was trying to run him around. I pushed a ball deep, he tried to play it off the back wall, but came up short."

With Rutherford's mis-hit, Harvard remained undefeated in Ivy League play on the year, putting it in the driver's seat to reclaim a conference championship.

Harvard heads to Yale next weekend, hoping to clinch the title against the Elis.