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Sophomore Scott Denenberg—normally half of Harvard’s second doubles combination—was unavailable to travel due to academic conflicts, and so his usual partner in the second slot, sophomore Gideon Valkin, was paired with freshman Dan Nguyen.
Coach Dave Fish ’72 featured the new duo in the third doubles match and was rewarded with an 8-3 win. That victory, combined with an 8-5 win by co-captain Jonathan Chu and Kumar, was enough for the Crimson to clinch the doubles point.
“The doubles didn’t give Dartmouth any hope,” sophomore Cindy Chu said. “Sometimes we have really close doubles matches, but tonight we just finished them off.”
Strong may be an understatement. The doubles teams quickly triumphed over Dartmouth, snatching the doubles point and continuing a trend that has persisted all season—Harvard has not lost a doubles match since the start of the Ivy campaign.
The Crimson’s first doubles team of freshman Celia Durkin and junior Melissa Anderson—ranked No. 32 in the nation—ran its record to 25-3 with an 8-4 win over Jayme Ahmed and Megan Zebroski. The second doubles team of sophomore Elsa...