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Sophomores Bomy Hong and Lara Naqushbandi, who had never before played together, won their inaugural match, 8-4, at No. 3 doubles. Hong and Naqushbandi showed great compatibility and might be used together in future matches this season.
Minutes later, senior Sanaz Ghazel and sophomore Sanja Bajin finished the Harvard sweep with a thrilling 7-5 tiebreaker win. Ghazel and Bajin led 7-4 in the match and seemed to be in control until Christina Causway and Carrie Rose captured the momentum, knotting the match at 7-7...
Though Harvard's first win at third doubles came rather easily, the hard fought struggles at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots set the tone for the rest of the match. Both matches were deadlocked at 8-8 before the Crimson emerged victorious with a pair of 9-8...
Junior Fleur Broughton and freshman Lola Ajilore clinched the doubles point for Harvard, squeezing out a 7-3 victory in the eight-game pro-set tiebreaker. Broughton and Ajilore were down 4-6 before storming back to tie the match at 7-7. The teams then split games to knot...
"The doubles point was key," Graham said. "I think we would have pulled out another singles match if we needed to, but the doubles point could have easily gone the other way. Who knows what would have happened then?"