After all, the team hardly needs brute-force drilling.

Lingman has won all six of his singles matches since the team’s seven-match winning streak began, while Chu and senior Chris Chiou have each taken five of six and junior Martin Wetzel has triumphed in four of his five.

Using 11 different doubles players this undefeated Ivy season, the Crimson lost just eight individual matches. Moreover, the squad won every team doubles point with 10 different pairs.

The Crimson has enjoyed more than a fair share of success; however, despite the stellar season, the bleachers at Beren have never been more than half-full, perhaps because tennis is often perceived as a quiet and individual sport.

The squad hopes that this weekend’s events will clear up the misunderstanding.

“I just think that that’s the X-factor,” Fish said of the effect of a rowdy home crowd.

“You take two great teams, they both are deserving, they both had great wins through the year, and anything you can do to have the enthusiastic and vocal support of your own crowd in a place that you’ve already played in—it can’t be anything but a help, as far as I’m concerned.”

When the Crimson traveled to Providence for its pivotal match against Brown—one which would ultimately decide the Ivy title—Bears fans shook Pizzitola Sports Center floors and screamed their throats hoarse.

Fish called the match “a thrill,” adding “that’s the kind of stuff we train for.”

Nguyen deemed it “by far the most exciting match in my career.”

Said Lingman, “It was exciting. We don’t get to play in very many matches with a lot of fans, whether they’re for us or against us.”

As Harvard enters the tournament—during a weekend in which the men’s and women’s matches are the only home Crimson events, no less—the team looks to its fans to make the difference.

With a win tomorrow, the Crimson would advance on Sunday to play the winner of the Tulane-Notre Dame match, one which will also be played tomorrow.

—Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel can be reached at seesel@fas.harvard.edu.