“I think we did a better job of executing in February,” Green said. “Princeton took it up a notch [this time], and at the key moments, they executed better. We believe and we know the season is not over until it’s over. We’re going to do all we can to come in second or tie them.”

“We knew they were undefeated and came off a couple big wins,” Rosekrans said. “They just outplayed us. We were really devastated. It takes us out of the running to win the Ivy League title.”

The match opened with Harvard falling in all three doubles matches, handing the Tigers their first point of the afternoon.

Princeton earned its second on the No. 5 court, where junior Agnes Sibilski lost for the first time this season, 6-1, 6-2.

The Tigers moved to the brink of victory when Lehman dropped a 6-3, 6-1 decision at No. 6.

Despite winning in straight sets in February, Cao fell to No. 72 Hilary Barlett this time, 6-1, 6-3, clinching the match for Princeton.

Rosekrans gave the Crimson its first point of the afternoon with her 10th win of the season. After dropping the tightly contested first set, 7-5, she evened the match by taking the second, 6-2. In the super tiebreak, she outplayed her opponent to earn a 10-2 win.

“I was getting too reactive in the first set, but pulled it together in the second set and played more calmly,” Rosekrans said.

Norton lost the closest match of the afternoon. Despite losing the first set, 6-4, she came back to win the second, 7-5. In the super tiebreak, Norton lost by the slimmest of margins, 11-9.

The afternoon ended with Tachibana winning her 11th match of the season, taking the No. 2 court in three sets. After losing the first set, 6-3, Tachibana won the second set in a suspenseful tiebreak, 7-6 (9-7). But the super tiebreak went in Tachibana’s favor, 10-0, to make the final score 5-2.

“We second-guessed ourselves a little bit too much.” Green said. “Princeton was the better team.”

—Staff writer Eric L. Michel can be reached at emichel@fas.harvard.edu.