Barker and Turner found themselves on the short end of the stick first, dropping an 8-6 decision to Steve Berke and Dustin West at the No. 1 position. Junior Dalibor Snyder and freshman Chris Chiou then lost by the same score at No. 3 doubles to Scott Carleton and Ryan Coyle and Yale had the point.

The Elis continued to play well on their home courts in singles. Berke took out Lee, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1, and Choo was not far behind, losing to Greg Royce at No. 3, 6-2, 6-2.

Nguyen was able to stop the Yale tide with a big 6-2, 6-4 win over Carleton at the No. 2 spot. However, Harvard had lost the first set in the remaining three matches.

Barker was battling David Goldman at No. 4, but lost a close first set, 7-5. Goldman then turned up the heat, and Barker was toast, losing, 6-0, in the second set to give the match to Yale.

"They just outplayed us," Fish said. "Yale had three seniors playing their last match, it was for the salvation of their season-and they played like that."

The Crimson won the remaining matches and only lost 4-3.

Harvard now faces Dartmouth at 2pm on Wednesday to conclude the Ivy League season. A win would place the Crimson in the NCAA tournament.