The teams faced off in doubles first, and Alabama won at Nos. 1 and 3 to take the doubles point. Choo, Lee and Browne then all lost in straight sets in their singles to give the match to the Crimson Tide, while all other play was suspended in progress.

"They took it to us," Turner said. "We really weren't in it."

Saturday provided the only winning day for Harvard in the entire tournament. Squaring off against No. 33 Tulsa, the Crimson engaged in a five-hour battle to take the match, 4-3.

Lee and Nguyen barely won at No. 2 doubles, 8-6. The duo of Browne and Riddell easily took the No. 3 doubles, 8-1, to give the doubles point to Harvard.

Once again the Crimson lost the first set in all of the singles matches, but this time it overcame that mistake. Lee won a battle at No. 4, defeating Alejandro Tejarina 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Choo and Nguyen, both playing top-ranked opponents, lost their singles to let the Hurricanes back in the match.

With the fate of the match riding on the last three singles, the intensity grew with each game. Riddell beat Micah Zomer, 6-2, 6-4, to give the Crimson a temporary lead, but Tulsa's Sean Monk edged out Barker, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 6.

When Barker lost, Turner was down a break, 5-3, in the final set versus Shri Sudhaker. Having trouble with Sudhaker's powerful serve all day, Turner backed up and gave himself more room to return. It worked.