Harvard 4, Indiana State 1<\b>

Technically it was an upset, but Harvard’s quarterfinal victory over Indiana State wasn’t all that close.

In fact, both Nguyen’s and Turner’s matches were suspended because Harvard had clinched the win before they even finished.

It was the second straight year that the Crimson topped the Sycamores by a 4-1 score.

“The guys were pretty familiar with their team,” Lingman said. “We got off to a pretty good start in doubles.”

Indeed, Harvard swept the three doubles matches to take the first point. Chu and Choo easily dismissed the Indiana State team of Stefan Hirn and David O’Connell, 8-1, in the first match. Lingman and Chiou and Snyder and Riddell then won by identical 8-6 margins.

The Sycamores were first to win a singles match, as Indiana State’s Henry Choi topped Riddell at the No. 4 spot. But it was all Harvard from there, as Lingman, Chu and Wan each won. Only Wan was pushed to three sets, but he dominated the Sycamores’ Ross Johnson in the final set, winning 6-0, 3-6, 6-0.

Harvard 4, North Carolina 2<\b>

Just as they did against Notre Dame, the Crimson’s No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams carried the day for Harvard, offsetting Choo and Chu’s loss at the top spot to secure the doubles point. Snyder and Riddell won the decisive third match in a tiebreak, 9-8(4).

The two teams traded victories in singles action before Harvard put the Tar Heels away for good in the invitational’s first round.

North Carolina’s Andy Metzler completed the first singles match of the day when he bested Harvard co-captain William Lee in straight sets at the No. 6 position. Metzler’s win tied the overall score at 1-1. But victories by Lingman and Nguyen put the Crimson back on top and, even after Chu fell at No. 2 singles, Turner’s three-set win at the No. 6 spot moved Harvard into the Blue-Gray quarterfinals.