In the quarterfinals against Virginia, Harvard again lost two doubles matches and surrendering the point.

Again forced to rely on singles victories, Harvard was not able to rally in the early matches. Passarella lost to the Cavallier's Yoo 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 4 match, and then Green was edged in a grueling second set tie-breaker 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Down 3-0 in total match points, Harvard began to come back. In the No. 3 match, Doran posted a dramatic win against John Winter, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-1. At this point, Clark had lost his second set in a tie-breaker and Majmudar was fighting for his second set.

The climactic match of the day was the No. 1 contest between Crimson ace Blake and his old junior tennis rival, Brian Vahally. Blake, a returning All-American and the current No. 1-ranked collegiate singles player, was the favorite to win.

Blake and Vahally split the first two sets. In the third set, Blake broke serve early, but he could not capitalize on two match points.

"By that point, my legs were in knots and I was just physically unable to close out some of the big points," Blake said.

Blake lost in an upset, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.