For the first time in almost a month, nothing extraordinarily interesting happened to the No. 20 Harvard men’s tennis team—and that was a good thing.

Unlike the squad’s disappointing spring break trip to California and last weekend’s emotional Ivy opener, this weekend’s matchups against Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania went entirely as planned. There were no new injuries. There were no stunning upsets. Rather, the Crimson (14-6, 4-0 Ivy) reeled off 5-2 and 7-0 victories, respectively, both of which were impressively efficient and routine.

And though the Harvard coaches shuffled lineups from Friday to Saturday, the consistency of both days’ scores speaks to the depth the Crimson squad carries.

“It’s really a curse at the same time as a blessing for the coaches to have to choose between so many guys who can play six [singles] spots,” said junior Jonathan Chu, who played the top singles match on Saturday after playing second on Friday. “We just hope to put the right six in the lineup at the right time.”

So far, so good.

HARVARD 5, PRINCETON 2

According to associate coach Peter Mandeau, the Crimson’s contest with the Tigers (10-9, 3-2 Ivy) is “a traditional big match.

“No matter whether Princeton is ranked or not ranked,” he explained, “it’s a big rivalry. It’s like a Harvard-Yale.”

The rivalry seemed a bit one-sided on Friday, as the Crimson had little trouble solving the Tigers’ lineup. Harvard won the doubles point, though the squad dropped the second match—that of senior Mark Riddell and co-captain David Lingman—by an uncharacteristically sloppy 8-4 count.

The recently-formed top duo of Chu and sophomore Brandon Chiu won 8-4, and the third pair of senior Chris Chiou and freshman Gideon Valkin clinched the doubles point with an 8-5 victory, though the match held its fair share of tense deuces.

“[I was] under a little bit of pressure playing the clinching match,” Valkin said, “but Chris helped me out.

“I don’t know if I would have been able to come out and play if it wasn’t with someone so experienced,” he later added.

And with the doubles point secured, the Crimson began to close out its third straight Ivy victory. Lingman began the individual competition by handing Tiger opponent Daniel Friedman a pair of bagels with a quick and painless 6-0, 6-0 win in the top spot.

Chu, playing second, also finished second with a sound 6-4, 6-3 victory, and Chiou sealed Harvard’s success with a 7-5, 6-0 win in the fourth slot.

Senior George Turner took a 7-5, 6-2 match from Princeton’s Tim Kofol—whom Turner had faced competitively for years—and as each player knew the other’s game, the match stretched on longer than its score would indicate.