“He was down a set and fought hard to come back,” Chu added. “Good things happen when you fight hard.”

VCU’s only victory came against sophomore Scott Denenberg, who, despite the loss, battled well for the entirety of the match. He was down 1-5 in the second set before coming from behind to force a tiebreak, which he eventually lost.

Sophomore Shantanu Dhaka recorded the fifth Crimson victory in straight sets.

HARVARD 4, WILLIAM AND MARY 3

On Saturday, Harvard’s victory against William and Mary (4-7) at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center started off the weekend on a positive note, and it provided the Crimson with the confidence it needed in its match against the tougher Rams yesterday.

“[The match against William and Mary] wasn’t as close as the score looked,” Fish said. “We won the singles matches pretty convincingly. It wasn’t that close a match, in terms of our guys being tested.”

Harvard went undefeated in all three doubles matches. Chu and Chiu, playing in the first position, defeated Cojanu and Colin O’Brien, 8-6, while Beren and Wetzel won their match comfortably, 8-4. Kumar and Nguyen won the third match, 8-6.

In the singles matches, Chu defeated the Tribe’s Jeff Kader, 6-4, 6-2, while Kumar defeated Alex Cojanu, 6-4, 7-6.

The most encouraging sign on Satuday was Nyugen’s performance as he overwhelmed Kavi Sid, 6-2, 6-0.

Despite his relative inexperience, Nguyen came up big for his team.

“Nguyen’s got a very powerful game,” Fish said. “[Because of injuries] we’ve tried to bring him back slowly. He’s going to pick up a lot of experience playing doubles with Ashwin.”

“Last semester, I was injured most of the time,” Nguyen said. “Once this semester started, I’ve been working my way into the lineup. It feels good finally feeling like I can contribute.”