With Gupta showing signs of fatigue going into the third game, Michas took control, finishing 11-6, 11-3, 11-9.

“It was probably his best squash victory, and he did it on the right day,” Bajwa said.

No. 7 Lavoie began his match with a little more power than Michas, winning both the first and third game, 12-10, but he lost his second and fourth games by identical scores of 5-11. Coming into the final points, Lavoie cruised to an 11-8 win, giving Harvard its 6-3 victory.

Going into winter break, Bajwa emphasized the need the Crimson to stay focused.

“I always say when you lose, be happy because you learned, you reflect on your loss and that makes you better,” he said. “But when you win, be cautious, because you’ve got to find out how you won or how you need to do it again. We’ve got to work as hard as we’ve been working since the season started, and we cannot now let the break take us back a step.”

With over a month until Harvard faces powerhouse Rochester, the Crimson will attempt to continue its momentum and undefeated status.

“We’re just going to carry over everything we’ve done up to this point and try to pull out some big wins,” Michas said. “Our win against Cornell shows that we are very capable of beating a lot of other teams, and that’s just what we are going to try to do.”

—Staff writer Alex Sopko can be reached at sopko@fas.harvard.edu.