“In both doubles matches that we won we were down multiple match points,” Andy Nguyen said. “So we were very lucky to get the doubles point.”

Northwestern responded in singles, though, when No. 3 Balaji rolled over Steinroeder, 6-2, 6-2, to tie the score. The Wildcats then claimed a win at No. 6, and by the time Northwestern’s Raleigh Smith beat Chaudhuri 7-5, 6-2 in the second slot, the Wildcats had jumped out to a 3-1 overall lead while the rest of the singles matches were all in the third set.

The Crimson needed to win all three matches to claim victory, and they did just that. First, at No. 5, Hu defeated Northwestern’s Chris Jackman, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. In fourth singles, Andy Nguyen won the second and third sets for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory that evened the match.

The No. 1 singles match would decide the contest, and Denis Nguyen came back from a first-set hole in defeating the Wildcats’ Spencer Wolf 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 to complete the 4-3 win.

“We were lucky to get [the win] but really excited at the same time,” Andy Nguyen said. “We feel really good, especially because both matches could’ve gone either way.”

Fish was encouraged by the way his players fought for victory.

“The best thing about yesterday was the players continuing to compete,” he said. “We dug in and came back, and won at the end.”

—Staff writer Justin C. Wong can be reached at justinwong@college.harvard.edu.