Ajilore, who dominated her first set, could not hold on for the win, losing 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the five spot. Ghazal was last to finish, only beginning her third set when all the other matches had concluded. With everyone watching, Ghazal put on quite a show, battling to within two points of victory at 5-4, 30-love in the third set before eventually running out of gas, losing 7-5.

Graham gave the team a great gift for the hard-earned win--tickets to sunny Southern California over spring break. Harvard will play four teams on the trip, including No. 13 Pepperdine, before returning to dismal Massachusetts on April 13 for the Crimson's Ivy League home opener against Pennsylvania and Princeton.

The Crimson hopes that juniors Sara McGinty and Andrea Magyera can recover from injuries and return to the starting lineup in time for the commencement of the Ivy League season.

Despite the injuries, Graham feels that the team is coming together just at the right time.

"This is a much better team than last year's, even though most of the players of the same, just because everyone is playing much better tennis," Graham said. "We've found that many players on this team can step up and fill in well. We can still get better, but I'm encouraged and optimistic."