The bottom half of the Harvard lineup fared better against its Trinity counterparts, with No. 6 Shondip Ghosh and No. 7 Andrew Merrill taking their matches, 3-1 and 3-2 respectively.

However, Harvard had hoped that the bottom half of the lineup would fare better.

Whereas Trinity's strength lies in its top few players, Harvard is generally considered to have a deeper lineup and the Crimson was hoping that its strength down the order would prove the deciding factor.

The bottom of the lineup is composed primarily of players who were in the middle of the order last year, but have dropped down as the team has improved this season.

Merrill, who defeated Gaurav Juneja 3-2 in the closest match of the day, was No. 4 last year but has dropped into the seven spot on the team this season.

Despite the apparent strength in the bottom of the lineup, the Crimson didn't not fare as well as expected down the order where it had expected to capitalize on the shakier half of the Trinity lineup.

Harvard No. 9 Rob Pike lost another close match, 3-1, losing to Loua Coetzee by a single point, 17-16, in the fourth and final set.