With those two matches in third sets, that left Chaudhuri as the only Harvard player with the chance to end his match in two sets and give Harvard the win.

After a long game, Chaudhuri held serve to go up 5-4 and had a chance to finish the match if he broke Dartmouth’s Cam Ghorbani. The Big Green senior jumped out to a 40-15 lead, but Chaudhuri pushed it to deuce.

The Crimson baseline specialist then earned two match points, but Ghorbani ended each chance with a winner down the sideline. Finally, on the third match point, Ghorbani sent an overhead wide, and Chaudhuri celebrated the win by throwing his hat.

Despite falling short in its bid to repeat as Ivy champions, the team has had a very successful conference slate, according to Fish.

“If the only team we lose to [Columbia] is ranked 18th in the country, we’ve had a great season,” Fish said. “Dartmouth could still get into the NCAA tournament. I don’t think there’s ever been three Ivy teams in it, which shows how strong the league is…. To make NCAAs three years in a row is huge for us.”

Steinroeder commended the team for its improvement over the course of the Ancient Eight season.

“I think the team has come very far from the beginning of Ivies,” he said. “It was tough having our first match at Columbia, but we showed great resilience to come back and win the rest of our matches.”

Now, the only suspense remaining is what draw the Crimson will receive when tournament selections are announced on Tuesday. Saturday’s win may have improved Harvard’s ranking such that it will be a No. 2 rather than No. 3 seed in a region.

“I’m really proud of everyone for how we stepped up towards the end of the year,” Steinroeder said. “Everyone is getting better every week, and now we will head into NCAAs playing our best tennis of the year.”

—Staff writer Justin Wong can be reached at justin.wong@thecrimson.com.