Junior co-captain Jesse Jantzen was once again the lone bright spot for the Harvard wrestling team this weekend at the Lone Star Duals in Dallas.

There, the Crimson (0-3) lost all three of its matches, falling to Oklahoma 36-6, Missouri 25-15 and Northwestern 24-12.

“We didn’t wrestle well,” said Harvard coach Jay Weiss. “From top to bottom only a couple of guys wrestled well.”

Jantzen, ranked No. 3 nationally at 149 lbs., was the only Crimson wrestler to score multiple wins, posting three victories, two over nationally-ranked opponents.

Jantzen also had two pins, including one over No. 6 Jeremy Spate from No. 16 Missouri, whom Jantzen defeated in just 1:14.

Jantzen’s other pin came in his match against Northwestern’s Josh Ballard, where Jantzen recorded another first-period pin.

In his first match of the tournament, Jantzen defeated No. 4 Oklahoma’s Nate Parker, ranked 13th nationally at 141 lbs.

Other impressive efforts were turned in by senior 125-pounder David Germakian, who defeated Northwestern’s John Velez 7-5, and sophomore heavyweight Jonas Corl, who beat the Sooners’ Erin Helvey.

“[Germakian] looked good in all of his matches,” Jantzen said. “He wrestled hard and well.”

Though the Crimson was only able to post eight victories in 30 matches in its first tournament competing as a team, the team was concerned with more than just wins and losses in Texas.

“Instead of looking at the outcomes at this point in the season, I’m looking at how well they’re wrestling,” Weiss said. “A couple of guys wrestled well one match, but didn’t wrestle too well in other matches.”

Freshman Max Meltzer (133 lbs.) was just one example of a Crimson wrestler who was unable to post a consistent effort throughout the tournament.

After falling to Oklahoma No. 2, Teyon Ware, Meltzer rallied to beat Tiger Austin DeVoe, 9-4.

“Max Meltzer had a tough match in his first one, but then came back and wrestled real well in his second,” Weiss said.

But a team could do worse than losing to the Tigers and the Sooners. Both Missouri and Oklahoma are nationally-ranked programs that boast 10 ranked wrestlers between them. Harvard has just one—Jantzen. The disparity in talent resulted in several lopsided matches.