Freshman Joshua Tchan and junior Alexei Chijoff-Evans went on to lose at Nos. 2 and 1, respectively. In total, the match lasted over three and a half hours.

“The whole thing just sort of fell our way,” Fish said. “It was a home match, an unbelievable crowd...just a great Harvard-Yale match.”

HARVARD 5, BROWN 2

Harvard began the weekend with a 5-2 victory at Brown, which has yet to defeat an Ivy League foe.

The Crimson started out strong in the doubles play, winning the point by a 3-0 score.

“We started off in doubles really hot like we have all year,” Omodele-Lucien said. “We took the doubles point pretty handily.”

The No. 1 pairing of Omodele-Lucien and Schultz cruised to an 8-3 victory, followed by the No. 2 pairing’s tiebreak win. The No. 3 team, comprised of Tchan and freshman Will McNamee, notched an 8-3 win of its own to complete the sweep.

The singles matches, on the other hand, were not so smooth.

“It’s tough playing at Brown,” Omodele-Lucien said. “They’re a real prideful team.”

Harvard fell at Nos. 2 and 3, but victories at the 1, 4, 5, and 6 positions kept the match in its control.

Felton had the clinching match at No. 5, coming back from a 6-5 break to win in the tiebreak.

“[Felton’s win] was a huge one because he’d been going through the struggle of playing well in a match but not quite being able to seal the guy off,” Fish said. “Brown got pumped up at the break, but instead [Felton] firmed it up and won in a tiebreak.”

In the end, the Bears—missing their top player—simply didn’t have the talent to match the Crimson.

“Brown competed real well,” Fish said. “We just had more experience.”

—Staff writer Charlie Cabot can be reached at ccabot@college.harvard.edu.