Several minutes later the Bears got their first point in the match when Malone beat freshman Cliff Nguyen at No. 2 singles.

The momentum continued to shift to Brown when a dogfight at No. 4 singles between Barker and Drake ended with a 7-5, 6-3 win for Brown. Both players had run each other ragged and stayed focused in the swirling winds.

With the score tied at 2-2, the focus was on the matches at Nos. 1 and 3, which were both in third sets. Lee again jumped over Wolfe when he went up 3-0 to start the final set. The two then engaged in a fifteen-minute game on Wolfe's serve. Neither player could string together enough points to win the game. Wolfe's serve was inconsistent; Lee continued to dump backhands into the net. Finally Lee took advantage of some weak serves and won the game to go up 4-0.

It was only a matter of time before Lee won the set, 6-1, to put Harvard within one point of the match.

"Will has really improved his competitive composure this year," Fish said. "He knew what he wanted to do, he knew the conditions were tough and that he only lost the first set by a little bit. He just kept doing the same smart things and he was relentless."

Choo and Cerratani's third set was extremely tight, however, and both players exhibited that fact. Cerratani had broken early, but Choo had come right back. The two were on serve at 5-4 when Lee's match concluded.

Cerratani simply could not keep up on his last service game. Choo pressed the ball deep and down the middle in order to avoid the wind pushing the ball out. When Choo finally got a match point with Cerratani serving at ad-out, he took advantage of it and won the set, 6-4, to give Harvard its fourth point and the match.

Going into New Haven on Friday, the Crimson was on a roll, having beaten four straight Ivy foes. Yale hit first when it won all three doubles matches to clinch the point.