The weekend's conclusion brings a clean slate for the Harvard wrestling team as it finishes one chapter of its season and gets set to write another.

After a disappointing loss to Brown (9-10, 3-2 Ivy) on Friday night, the Crimson grapplers returned with a vengeance on Saturday, trouncing B.U. (6-7, 2-5 EIWA), and ending what has been a tough month of dual meets for the Crimson (8-6, 3-2 Ivy).

And although the season's record has no official bearing on the upcoming Eastern championships, the grapplers can draw from the lessons of February and enter the tournament with a thirst for revenge and a confidence that they can hold their own against anyone.

In a match similar to the bouts against Penn and Cornell, the Crimson had some great performances but was still unable to overtake Brown, falling to the Bears 22-13.

"I am disappointed," said Coach Jay Weiss. "I think we are the better team but they came to wrestle and we didn't."

After some tough matches early on, the Crimson tri-captains Dustin DeNunzio and Joel Friedman--ranked No. 7 and No. 11 in their respective weight classes--turned up the heat with back-to-back victories at 141 and 149-pounds that pulled the Crimson within one point of the Bears.

Although both matches remained scoreless for most of the first period, DeNunzio and Friedman quickly asserted control, dominating by the second period to earn matching 4-3 wins.

"He [Brown's Ernest DeLeon] wrestled pretty aggressively," Denunzio said. "Hopefully next time it will be a bigger gap."

Friedman was able to secure a victory despite wrestling with a mild concussion