Unseeded Netmen Topple UMiami

An unseeded Harvard men's tennis team pulled off a major upset in the first round of the annual Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association National Team Tennis Tournament yesterday in Pacific Palisades, Calif., downing eighth seeded University of Miami, 5-4.

Down 4-3, Harvard needed three-set victories in number-one and number-two doubles to secure the come-from-behind win.

Harvard faces number one-seeded Stanford today. The defending NCAA Division I champion, Stanford beat Harvard in the NCAA tournament last season, 6-1.

Yesterday against Miami, Harvard's first doubles team of Dave Beckman and Rob Loud beat Miami's Craig Cambell and Ira Schwartz, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3, and then the number-two doubles team of DarryI Laddin and Larry Scott beat Piet Aldrich and Gus Fishardt of Miami, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, to secure the win.

Harvard 5, Miami 4

Singles: Craig Campbell (M) def.Bill Stanley(H) 6-4, 6-3; Andrew Burrow (M) def.Dave Beckman(H) 6-1, 6-3; Larry Scott(H) def.Ira Schwartz (M) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4; Rob Loud(H) def.Plot Aldrich (M) 7-6, (7-4), 7-5; By Foutaine(H) def.Chris Lowe (M) 7-5, 7-5; Gus Fishardt (M) def.Ken Kleinfeld(H) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1.

Doubles: Beckman-Loud(H) def.Campbell Schwartz (M) 7-5, 6-2, 6-3; Laddin-Scott(H) def.Aldrich-Fishardt (M)4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Burrow-Lowe (M) def.Dave Clark-Kleinfeld(H) 6-4,6-0.