"I was very happy with they way I played," Grant said. "I broke her game down by following a lot of different patterns."

At third singles, Roiter battled a sore wrist and a persistent challenge from Cornell's Jigisha Pathakji, but she won her three-set match, 7-5, 1-6, 6-1.

"In the middle of the first set my wrist started hurting and that affected me," Roiter said. "In the third set, I got more aggressive and waited for my opportunities."

Sophomore Maryla Madura added the sixth team point with a 6-4, 6-1 win at sixth singles.

Cornell's only team point came at first singles where the Big Red's Olga Itskhoki continued her domination of Ivy opponents with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Majmudar. Itskhoki--who has a perfect 13-0 career Ivy record--dictated the points from the baseline and prevented Majmudar from getting into a consistent rhythm.

The two Crimson victories over the weekend--over defending Ivy champion Princeton and a strong Big Red Squad--should give Harvard a healthy head of steam going into the season's home stretch.

Beginning Friday, the netwomen will play five matches in nine days--including three Ivy League matches and two matches against Syracuse and William and Mary--the two teams ahead of Harvard in the East region.

With so many key matches looming on the horizon, maintaining team focus is vital.

"We're being very conscious about looking past any team." Granat said. "The upper classmen are very cognizant of that, and we've instilled that in the freshmen."