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The Crimson bageled three teams (5-0) en route to the finals, defeating Williams on Friday, and Yale and an Atlanta-based club team on Saturday. The sole loss of the tournament came in the finals from the team's No. 2 player, junior Gray Witcher.
The B-team lost 3-2 in the first round of the 16-team draw to a New York City based club team and then fell to a Midwest-based club team 3-2 in the finals of a consolation draw.
"For those two it was a big win," he said. "For the rest of us it was a really strong first step for the rest of the season."
The USSRA's tournament--which falls outside the purview of college athletics, with amateurs, professionals and non-collegiate teams all competing--is a prestigious one, but it is not the most coveted competition of the year.
"I think our team was a little down in the dumps and tired coming off of Christmas training and this past week. Competing against Navy helped to focus us," said sophomore Justin Nyweide. "Overall it was a boost towards our goals for the end of the season. Now our morale...