Barker and Turner won at No. 1 doubles, and the No. 2 pair of Lee and Riddell earned its first victory, taking out Michael Faust and Mike Placek 8-4. With the doubles point in hand, the Crimson turned its attention to singles.
At No. 6 singles, Riddell scored the first win, beating David Angert 6-2, 6-2.
Turner then defeated UCSB's Marcio Pepe 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 to put Harvard within one point of winning the match.
Lee did just that when he narrowly edged out Faust at No. 3 singles, 6-4, 7-6(4).
The final three matches made the final score 5-2 in favor of the Crimson.
Harvard remained at the Cathedral Oaks Tennis Club in Santa Barbara to face off against the Idaho Vandals next. Known more as a potato powerhouse than a tennis contender, Idaho was able to win nothing more than the doubles point.
Fish used another different doubles set-up, but the results were upsetting at least in the first run. Junior Dalibor Snyder paired with Nguyen at No. 3 doubles but lost 8-2 to Stephen DeSilva and Fredrick von Sydow. Coupled with a win at No. 1 doubles, the Vandals got themselves the only point they would get in the match.
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