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The win over Princeton marked the third nationally-ranked team the Crimson has defeated this year. The match started with doubles, which had been a trouble spot for Harvard this year. Against the Tigers the Crimson took the point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3.
On Friday in Philadelphia, the young Harvard squad easily beat the Quakers, 5-2, sweeping the doubles and winning four of the singles matches. The following afternoon, the Crimson toughened up for No. 60 Princeton and pulled out another 5-2 win.
The team of junior William Lee and freshman Mark Riddell struck first, defeating Trevor Smith and Tim Kofol, 8-5. Next, at No. 3, the pairing of freshman Chris Chiou with junior Dalibor Snyder clinched the doubles point with a 8-4 win over Judson Williams and Dan Friedman.
"[Harvard] Coach [David Fish '72] has been experimenting with doubles teams," sophomore Oli Choo said. "It's starting to look like the partners are getting comfortable with each other."
The day before, the Crimson made quick work of the Penn Quakers. The doubles teams all prevailed without incident. Barker and Turner, at No. 1, defeated Frantisek Stejskal and Ryan Harwood 8-5, while Lee and Riddell won at No. 2, 8-3 to seal up the point.