It may have been cold and windy through the rest of Cambridge Wednesday afternoon, but within the tree-walled confines of the Beren Tennis Center, the Harvard women's tennis team was smokin'.

In its first dual match of the season the Crimson soundly put away a previously undefeated squad from Boston University, winning 7-0.

"It was really encouraging for us to beat one of the more respected teams in the east," said junior co-captain Kelly Granat. "It should send a message to our competition."

The Crimson (1-0) swept the singles positions and took two of the three doubles pro-sets to earn the doubles point.

Harvard opened with a win at third doubles as Granat teamed up with freshman Gabriela Hricko to win 8-3.

"They were pretty dominant," head coach Gordon Graham said. "They were playing a very experienced team but they had everything under control from the start."

Harvard went on to clinch the doubles point with a come-from-behind victory at second doubles by sophomore Gina Majmudar and freshman Mylin Torres.

Down 4-1 in the eight-game proset, the duo stormed back to take the contest 8-6.

"It was my first college match so I was really nervous in the beginning," Torres said. "But Gina calmed me down and I played better."

Torres' youthful nerves seemed to affect her at the start of her second singles match, as well. After dropping the first set 6-1, she regained her composure and put away her opponent 7-5, 6-2 in the last two sets.

"I was going for too much, too soon, on a lot of my shots in the beginning," Torres said. "Kate [junior co-captain, Kate Roiter] told me to keep the ball in play more and I started to win the points."

At first singles Majmudar also got behind early, dropping the first set 7-5. The next two set played out differently, though, with Majmudar sweeping them 6-2, 6-2.

"It took me a while to get started," Majmudar said. "Then I just started playing better. I didn't want to be the only one to lose."

"Gina really took control of the match after the first set," Graham said. "She just picked it up a notch."

The third singles match also went three sets, with Harvard's sophomore Rona Mayer prevailing, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.