Harvard's win over Penn (11-9, 3-2) was not the first men's match at Beren, however; on Friday the Crimson narrowly defeated an excellent Princeton (12-6, 3-1) squad 4-3.

Harvard 6, Penn 1

The two teams started with the doubles matches shortly after the ceremony. At No. 1, co-captain John Doran, paired with sophomore Cillie Swart, easily defeated the Penn pair of Frantisek Stejskal and Ryan Harwood, 8-4. Minutes later, Harvard freshman Dave Lingman and his partner, co-captain Joe Green, finished off Brian Barki and Joey Zupan, 8-4, in the No. 2 doubles. Even though the Crimson had already clinched the doubles point, the No. 3 team of sophomores William Lee and Dalibor Snyder hung tough, staving off six match points before losing 9-8.

While Penn was hardly a throwaway, Harvard had an easier time than on Friday's match against Princeton. Except for Doran, who lost to Stejskal 6-4, 6-1, the Crimson swept the singles matches. Lingman beat Barki, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 2 and Swart defeated Robert Pringle at the No. 6 slot, 6-4, 6-2. Green won at No. 3, 6-2, 7-5 over Harwood.

Rain halted play briefly while both teams tried to go inside and finish the match at the Murr Center. However, the lights were not working, and the rain stopped so the match returned to Beren. At No. 4, junior Anthony Barker overcame a poor first set against Eric Sobotka to win 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Lee also won closely at No. 5, defeating Zupan 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Harvard 4, Princeton 3

On Friday the Crimson took on the streaking Princeton Tigers. Princeton, ranked No. 74 in the country, was on a six-game winning streak with an undefeated Ivy record before coming to Harvard in the first men's match to be played at Beren.

Lee and Dalibor Snyder, playing together at No. 3 doubles due to an injury to junior Andrew Styperek, started things off right for the Crimson, defeating the Tiger team of Trevor Smith and John Portlock 8-0. At No. 1 doubles, Doran and Swart easily beat the No. 50-ranked doubles team of Ahn Ahn Liu and Scott Borenstein, 8-3, to get Harvard the doubles point.