For the rookies on the squad, this weekend enabled them to participate in competitive game-play and gain match-experience before Ivies begin later in the season. Overall, the Crimson freshmen won 13 of their 15 matches in the Invite.

“A lot of freshman got to see some matches,” Nguyen said, “and we were able to get some more match play under our belt. It was about getting our feet wet for next weekend, when we travel to Oklahoma [for the ITA Kick-off Weekend].”

Freshman Kelvin Lam defeated Marist’s Naggelstad, 5-6, 6-3, 6-5, in one of the closer matches of the tournament. He went on to defeat the Eagles’ Billy Grokenberger, 6-3, 6-0, on Saturday.

Lam and fellow freshman Conor Haughey teamed up to defeat Boston College’s Grokenberger and Nelson, 8-7, on Saturday in doubles.  In singles, Haughey defeated the Red Foxes’ Billy Bishop, 6-3, 6-4, and Motta, 6-3, 6-2, but fell to Marist’s Matteo Giudici, 6-1 6-4.

Harvard, Chaudhuri explained, has high expectations for the upcoming season after its Ivy success in its 2012 campaign and high-rankings thus far in 2013.

“We had a really great season last year, but it’s hard to know what’s in store in the future,” Chaudhuri said. “We’re playing some really good teams this season, but I don’t see why we can’t do just as well as last year, if not better. We have a young team that’s learning more every day, so I don’t know what’s in store for the season but I know it’s going to be an exciting one.“

—Staff writer Alex L. Saich can be reached at asaich@college.harvard.edu.