In what was perhaps the most strongly contested individual matchup of the weekend, freshman Nigel Koh came back after losing his first set, 11-8, with three dominating games, including an 11-1 victory in the third set.

Freshman Brandon McLaughlin, classmate Thomas Mullaney, and sophomore Zeke Scherl won three more challenging matches, coming out on top of their respective opponents after one 12-10 match each.

“On the St. Lawrence team, the top three positions are very stong,” Way said. “Our top three players really had to step up and they did.”

Harvard’s current top three—Power, Endresen, and senior Richard Hill—went 18-0 in sets this weekend.

“[Our players] did what they had to do,” Way said. “It’s one of those situations where you rank above the other teams, and you’re expected to win. You just have to make sure you don’t get complacent, and we didn’t. You have to have a business-like approach; they had that approach and did us proud in every way.”

Though the Crimson trained through January, Harvard has played just one other contest in 2011 so far, earning an 8-1 victory over No. 8 Western Ontario two weeks ago. Though not the tightest matches, this weekend’s contests provide the Crimson with some more experience on the road, as Harvard proceeds into a difficult stretch of its season.

“The cancelled game [against the Bantams] didn’t really affect our game plan,” Power said. “We played challenge matches instead, so we were still ready to go. We have a very busy next couple of days, with four teams in eight days, and they’re all tough teams...we’ll be ready for those.”

—Staff writer Catherine E. Coppinger can be reached at ccoppinger@college.harvard.edu.