With the four points necessary for a win secured, Harvard coasted, winning the remaining matches going away.

Particularly sweet were the singles wins of Lingman and fellow senior George Turner. Lingman won the top singles match by a score of 7-6, 6-4; two years ago, he lost that very match 7-5, 6-3. Likewise, Turner prevailed in the sixth singles match 7-5, 6-2; two years ago, he lost the same match 6-4, 6-4.

The redemption came as no surprise to the Crimson.

“I think that we, honestly, were a better team than they,” Nguyen said. “We just came out slow, that’s all. We stuck with our game plan.”

Northwestern’s defeat was the team’s first at home this season, as the Wildcats had won four in a row at the Combe Tennis Center since the end of January.

The victory was all the more important to Harvard because the team’s schedule holds several ranked opponents in the near future.

“The team worked well,” Chiu said. “We’re improving as the season goes on, match to match. We’re just getting better as a team. There’s good energy.”

The Crimson also defeated the No. 31 Minnesota Golden Gophers 4-3 yesterday, but the team was traveling as of late last night and could not be reached for comment.