PHILADELPHIA. – No. 2 Harvard (14-1) is now just one win away from a third straight National Championship. The Crimson will return to the Potter Cup finals for the fifth consecutive season after taking down No. 6 Columbia (9-7) by a score of 7-2 in Saturday's semifinal round at Penn Squash Center. 
 
Marwan Tarek got Harvard out of the gates quickly with a 3-0 sweep of Columbia's Callen Hall at No. 2. Ido Burstein then followed with an identical score line at No. 6 before Tate Harms closed the opening wave with an impressive 3-2 win at No. 8. Harms finished with a surge, winning the fourth and fifth games 11-2, 11-3, after trailing 2-1. 
 
The Crimson was able to clinch the victory early with two more points from Victor Crouin and George Crowne, who each won their respective matches 3-0. 
 
Samuel Scherl and Adam Corcoran added to Harvard's total with wins at Nos. 3 and 5 in the final wave. 

Harvard Highlights / Match Notes 

• With the win, Harvard advances to the Potter Cup Final for the fifth consecutive season. The Crimson has won the last two CSA Men's Team Championships. 
• Harvard has won its last eight Potter Cup matches and is now 24-8 under head coach Mike Way in the event. 
• Harvard's Victor Crouin lost only 11 points in his 3-0 sweep at No. 1. It was the fewest points dropped by any Crimson player on the day. 
• Harvard outscored the Lions 21-9 in games. 
• The Crimson remains perfect at the third and fourth positions this year, improving its record to a combined 30-0. 
• Harvard moves to 13-1 vs. Columbia all-time and 2-0 against the Lions this season. 

 RESULTS
Harvard – 7, Columbia – 2 
 

1. Victor Crouin (Harv) def Velavan Senthilkumar (Colu).– 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-3)
2. Marwan Tarek (Harv) def. Callan Hall (Colu) – 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
3. Samuel Scherl (Harv) def. James Wyatt (Colu) – 3-1 (11-5, 11-3, 11-13, 11-1)
4. George Crowne (Harv) def. Harold Castiaux (Colu) – 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 12-10)
5. Adam Corcoran (Harv)  def. Adam Goad (Colu) – 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-7)
6. Ido Burstein (Harv) def. Chaitanya Shah (Colu) – 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6)
7. Rutvik Rau (Colu) – def. Liam Rotzoll (Harv) 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-7)
8. Tate Harms (Harv) def. Ryan Chen (Colu) –  3-2 (18-16, 9-11, 2-11. 11-2, 11-3) 
9. Justin Ghaeli (Colu) def. Conner Stoltz (Harv) – 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-3) 

Order of finish: 2, 6, 8, 1, 4, 9, 3, 5, 7 

Next Up

The Crimson will face No. 1 Penn in the Potter Cup finals tomorrow (Feb. 20) afternoon at 12 p.m. The match will be played at the Penn Squash Center and can be streamed live on CSA's YouTube channel.