After a disappointing first two days at the Blue-Gray Tennis National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala., the No. 15 Harvard’s men’s tennis team fought back and got a win on Saturday.

Although it was one of the favored teams entering the four-day competition, the Crimson was realistic.

“We knew coming in that we were playing without Martin Wetzel,” said freshman Dan Nguyen. “We knew we would have to play hard.”

The team learned that it still have a lot to work on.

On Thursday, Harvard had lost to No. 59 Fresno State, 4-2. The Crimson did not fare much better on Friday, losing to the No. 75 University of Colorado, 4-3.

However, Saturday’s match against No. 64 Old Dominion was a bright spot, as the bottom half of the line up proved its mettle and secured the victory.

By “applying what [it] learned over the past two days,” said Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72, the team was able to leave Alabama one a winning note.

HARVARD 4, OLD DOMINION 2

On Saturday, “we were hungry for a victory,” junior Brandon Chiu said.

And though it had to fight until the end, Harvard was able to end its weekend with a victory.

The top doubles team of Chiu and captain Jonathan Chu took its match, 8-4.

The third doubles team also won, giving Harvard the doubles point and a 1-0 advantage.

The team faltered after this early success and began “struggling in singles,” according to Fish.

The top two singles players lost their matches—freshman Ashwin Kumar, in the second slot, lost 6-1, 7-5 to the same person he had beaten just last week.

As the Crimson trailed by one point, the bottom four singles players all went to third sets, making for an exciting but nerve-wracking evening.