The Crimson opened its season with a 9-0 win over Brown in which it didn’t drop a single game. Co-captains Patterson and Thomas Storch led the way with 9-1, 9-2, 9-1 and 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 wins, respectively.

“Dylan and I are just showing these guys the way to compete because it’s a learning process and it’s important that they learn something every day,” Storch said at the time.

Broadbent, for one, appreciated their efforts.

“Tom and Dylan were huge all year for us,” he said. “We were a pretty young team and those two guys just taught us how to compete and showed us what it takes to be a winner the entire season.”

Broadbent capped a stellar rookie campaign by finishing the season as the intercollegiate No. 9, earning him first-team All-American honors. In addition to his win over Samper, Broadbent twice knocked off Ryan Donegan, including a three-game win over the then-intercollegiate No. 4 Dartmouth sophomore in late January.

Bullock finished the season ranked two spots behind Broadbent and was joined as a second-team All-American by No. 13 Blumberg and No. 22 Patterson.

Broadbent and Bullock were also All-Ivy selections.

—Staff writer Robert C. Boutwell can be reached at boutwel@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Alan G. Ginsberg can be reached at aginsber@fas.harvard.edu.