The Crimson got rolling eventually, however, as the top three singles players—Bergman, Lingman, and Martire—each took home straight-set victories. Bergman won 6-1, 6-3, Lingman took a 6-4, 6-0 decision, and Martire overcame her opponent 6-3, 6-0.

Mukundan at No. 5 and Wang at No. 6 added to Harvard’s total with 6-3, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-2 victories.

Cornell managed its only point of the match at the No. 4 position, as Kasia Preneta defeated Anderson 6-3 in both sets.

The Big Red claimed only two games between its three doubles pairs against the powerful Crimson lineup. Durkin and Anderson at No. 1 and Lingman and Wang at No. 3 shut out the opposition, 8-0. Bergman and O’Riain won without much difficulty in the No. 2 spot against Cornell’s Melanie Tu and Erika Takeuchi, who scored Cornell’s only game victories.

“Even though we’re not playing as highly ranked opponents, it’s important to focus. It almost makes it harder, since they’re the underdogs and we’ve got more to lose,” Bergman said.

Harvard expects to face its toughest opponents of the Ivy League next weekend when it returns home to take on Penn and Princeton. After months of playing indoors at home, the Crimson will host its matches under the sun at the Beren Tennis Center, where the team will look to extend its unbeaten league streak.

While Harvard is viewing the league season as a training period for NCAAs, the team is trying not to look past its two hardest Ivy matches.

“We have a big weekend with both matches,” Bergman said. “We’ll just go in with the same mentality knowing that both teams are good.”