“We had the opportunity to play [regularly] at two and three, which, for us, was good,” Kumar said. “For the next few years, it’s great.”
As for the end result of this season, though, the first in which Harvard has failed to capture the Ivy title since Chu and Beren’s freshman year?
“It’s obviously disappointing,” Kumar said. “It’s a little tough. But the positive, at least for the younger guys, [is that] we gained a lot of exposure.”
And it is exposure the duo’s coach will depend on down the road.
“They’re picking up experience all the time,” Fish said, “and if they’re doing well, then we can do well.”
—Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel can be reached at seesel@fas.harvard.edu.