But the Harvard players took the lead again when No. 5 MacMaster and No. 3 Felton downed Bernstein and Klis, 6-4, 6-4, and 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, respectively.

Though the Crimson was up, 3-1, and needed only one more win to seal the deal, Cornell surged back with two victories to even the score.

The Big Red’s Jaklitsch edged out Pearlman in a tough close set and then blanked him in the second at the No. 1 position, 7-6 (2), 6-0.

In another three-set thriller, Cornell’s Feldman defeated Nguyen, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, at the No. 4 position.

“I played a very consistent player and got a lot of balls,” Nguyen said. “For me, it was trying to stay in the point, and when I got a short ball, I tried to come in and attack. He was the better player that day.”

Being the last player on the court, with each team holding three points—in the third set, no less—is one of the most difficult situations a tennis player can face. That’s the situation in which Tchan found himself on Friday.

After losing the opening set, 7-5, to the Big Red’s freshman Evan McElwain, Tchan bounced back to tie the match at one set apiece by winning the second set, 6-4.

The two men played down to the wire, leveling the score until it was 3-all in the third. Soon after, McElwain gained momentum and won the next three games, clinching the match with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory to push Cornell ahead of the home squad, 4-3.

“It was really nerve-wracking,” Felton said. “There was nothing you can do. You just have to hope that he can pull it out. The last player always feels horrible because they lost the deciding match, but there is really nothing you can do about it.”