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M. Tennis Splits on West Coast

Harvard won every set of every singles match to put Idaho away. Riddell finished up first again at No. 6, winning 6-1, 6-0. Barker, at No. 5 singles, put away von Sydow 6-3, 6-4 a few minutes later to put the Crimson up 2-1.

Half an hour later, a slew of matches concluded which gave the Crimson the win. Choo finished off DeSilva 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3, and Lee put the nail in the coffin for Harvard with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Amad Wakalkar at No. 4 singles. Nguyen and Turner finished moments later.

On Saturday, Harvard faced its toughest opponent of the season, the No. 8 SMU Mustangs. It was a tough fight against one of the best programs in the country, and the Crimson came close to an upset.

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Harvard started the day dropping the doubles point for the third time on the spring break trip. SMU, which features only one American-born athlete, quickly disposed of the Crimson's doubles squads. Snyder and Choo fell first at No. 2, 8-2, to Krystian Pfeiffer and Lukasz Senczyszyn.

Barker and Turner faced the unfortunate task of taking on the 8th-best doubles tandem in the country, Jon Wallmark and Johan Brunstrom, They also lost 8-2 to give SMU the doubles point.

Nguyen lost at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-2, to the fourth best collegiate tennis player in America, Zimbabwe native Genius Chidzikwe. Turner then lost at No. 4, 6-3, 6-4 to Alex Rudzinski to put Harvard one point away from elimination.

Riddell continued his excellent play at No. 6 and kept the Crimson in the match with a 7-6, 7-6 victory over Ryan Mauck. Choo then won in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 over Pfeiffer at the No. 3 slot.

The Mustangs would clinch, however, when Senczyszyn defeated Barker at No. 5, 7-5, 6-3.

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