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Coming into the tournament, the Crimson seemed to have a number of players who could make a run at a national title. Junior intercollegiate No. 6 Will Broadbent made it to the finals last year, sophomores No. 4 Siddharth Suchde and No. 10 Ilan Oren had both played well this year, and senior No. 8 Michael Blumberg had perhaps been the Crimson’s most consistent contributor all season...
...Oren started strong against Schonborn, opening up an early 8-4 lead in the first game. But Schornborn fought off the game point and rallied to eventually win the game 10-9. Oren was able to take the second game 10-9, but the opening game loss clearly had taken its toll on the sophomore, as he lost both the third and fourth games 9-7 and 9-6, respectively...
...He’s a very emotional player,” said Harvard assistant coach Mohammed Ayaz of Oren. “He can do wonderful things all over the court, but sometimes he comes a little bit on the wrong end of doing some things...he got a little bit unlucky. He had a lead in every game...
Oren’s loss proved even more costly as freshman Chessin Gertler dropped his match at the No. 8 spot just moments before Schornborn closed out Oren. Those two losses combined with losses from captain Asher Hochberg, and sophomores Mihir Sheth and Jason De Lierre, gave Trinty five victories in the first six matches and clinched its seventh straight national title...
Harvard’s top four, Suchde, Oren, Blumberg, and Broadbent, looked in fine form—all four winning comfortably in straight games...