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First up was U.C. Irvine, considered among the weaker West Coast teams, but which has been a nemesis for the Crimson over the past two years. After capturing the doubles point through the strong play of Arnold and junior All-American Tom Blake, as well as the duo of sophomore Kunj Majmudar and senior co-captain Josh Hausman, Harvard developed into a singles' juggernaut through the straight-set triumphs of Arnold, junior Philip Tseng and freshman John Doran...
Despite the continued strong play of Arnold and Tseng, Harvard was clearly outmatched, dropping four straight-setters to fall 5-2. Particularly telling was the result of the anticipated duel between the nation's 19th and 20th ranked players, Blake and Pepperdine's Simon Aspelin, which ended up in a 6-1, 6-4 romp by Aspelin...
Harvard rode the high wave into a semi-final matchup with the No. 2-ranked team in the nation, Boise State. The Crimson quickly exposed this team's inflated ranking by winning the doubles behind the solid play of Arnold and Blake as well as Tseng and sophomore Mike Passarella. Harvard sent the vanquished back to Idaho with a 4-1 victory...
This brought the Crimson into the final against No. 29-ranked UNLV. Facing an unfamiliar team, playing on an excessive high, and simply out of gas, Harvard's players went down in a valiant 4-2 effort, despite the continued dominance of Blake and Arnold in singles...
Notably, the Crimson boasts last year's All-American junior Tom Blake. Currently the 29th-ranked player in the country, the 6'5 Connecticut native has shown flashes of brilliance in key matches. He also teams up with Arnold to form the 19th-ranked duo that knocked off top-ranked TCU last fall...