Saturday’s opening round match will feature two rematches from that long-past Kentucky evening.

Freshman Cliff Nguyen gets a shot at revenge against Irish junior Javier Taborga. The serve-and-volleying lefty beat Nguyen, 1-6, 6-2, 6-5(4) at the No. 1 singles position at Kentucky, but the two will face off at No. 2 singles tomorrow.

Sophomore Oli Choo also lost a close match to Irish freshman Luis Haddock-Morales. Choo had jumped out in front to start the match but Haddock-Morales had battled back to win, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. They will battle it out at No. 3 singles.

Both teams may suffer from a little bit of rust. Harvard has not played since Apr. 25, when it defeated Dartmouth4-3 in Hanover.

It’s been longer for the Fighting Irish. The last match it played was nearly three weeks ago, when it lost 4-2 to the University of Miami in the Big East championship.

The advantage for the weekend goes to the higher-seeded Irish, who are competing in their 11th straight NCAA tournament. The selection committee gave Notre Dame one of the 34 at-large bids.

Notre Dame also boasts a 16-6 record. Ten of those wins have come against teams that qualified for this year’s tournament; all six losses also came against tournament-bound teams.