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Entering the matchup with a top-10 ranking, Stanford (12-3, 2-0 Pac-10) promised to be a formidable Crimson foe. The Cardinal had lost only one of its last eight matches, and all three of its defeats came at the hands of teams which are currently also in the top 10. And the team’s home venue matches its record...
...Stanford is notorious for having hecklers,” junior Jonathan Chu explained, “and that just added to the difficulty of being on the road...
...unlike the heckling which was to come at Stanford, the Crimson enjoyed a relatively mellow time at Berkeley. The matches were played on six courts which lay next to each other, unlike the next day at Palo Alto, where the matches were split into groups of three...
...best to deal with playing at somebody else’s home [both times],” Chu said, although he indicated that the Stanford atmosphere which followed was somewhat more challenging...
Overall, the losses to California and Stanford have handed the Crimson a three-match losing streak; in fact, it is the first time Harvard has dropped consecutive outings. However, the team is careful to dwell on the long-term goals rather than the short-term disappointments...