Wang started moonballing—lobbing her shots high into the air to waste time. To her surprise, she started winning. At the time, she recalled an Andre Agassi match where he pulled out a comeback after he started moonballing.

“I remember him winning because he started moonballing so I started doing that every point,” Wang said. “Obviously [Chao] didn’t like it and she kept missing so I did whatever it takes to win.”

Wang never lost another game that set and rolled to the 6-7 (12-14), 7-5, 6-1 victory.

“That was crazy, what can you say about that?” said Bergman, baffled by the comeback. “That’s just awesome of her. It shows such character.”

Although Wang’s match finished well after Harvard had clinched the title, her ability to evade defeat was crucial to the Crimson victory.

“It puts more pressure on us if Eva had lost right away but to see her start coming back, it helps a lot to know that she’s still fighting,” Bajin said.

“She did a great job of fighting and staying on the court,” Graham said.

Long after the match was completed, Wang was still on court No. 4 with two companions, relishing the moment and eliciting laughter from Graham.

“She just may sit there all night, I don’t know,” Graham said.

Bergman Starting at the Top

As the No. 1 singles player, Bergman is usually among the last to finish her match because she has the toughest matchup. On Saturday she was the first to finish against Alice Pirsu, and the quick 6-4, 6-1 victory could not have come at a better time.

On paper, Pirsu was the favorite as the nation’s No. 20 player, last year’s Ivy Player of the Year and winner of 14 of 16 matches this spring. Bergman was ranked No. 42 and had struggled this spring with six defeats in 15 matches. Pirsu’s sudden demise was crushing to the Quakers and uplifting to the Crimson across the other five courts.

“A couple other people were saying when they looked over and saw that I won, it gave them more energy and confidence,” Bergman said. “That’s awesome if it did that. I know it’s easier for me to play when I know how good our team is and how good the back of the lineup is.”

Bergman’s victory was all the more unlikely considering she had been struggling with stress fractures in her shins for the past few weeks. She said that the amazing tennis she played this weekend was not what she had expected.

Bergman won by doing what she does best—countering her opponent’s shots by hitting deep balls and then aggressively moving to the net.