In the third position, Bajin gave herself a birthday present, closing out the competition in convincing fashion, winning 6-2, 6-2.

Although she performed strongly, Bajin admittedly had difficulty staying in the game mentally.

“It’s hard to stay focused when the pace is that slow,” she said.

Anderson quickly dispatched her opponent, closing her out 6-2, 6-1.

The only match in which the Crimson encountered difficulty was in the No. 5 position featuring Pillinger.

After winning a difficult first set 7-5, Pillinger dropped her second set by a score of 6-4. It was the only set Harvard lost on the weekend.

With the contest between the two schools already decided, Pillinger and her opponent, Glas, entered into a tiebreaker to decide the match and draw the day to its end.

Pillinger went on to drop the tiebreaker 10-4, giving BU its only match victory of the day.

Though the level of competition was low, the Crimson maintained its focus for much of the day and avoided falling victim to the temptation to look ahead to future challenges.

“You have to take every opponent seriously,” Martire said. “So we never really think about whether we’re going to win or lose.”

Adding extra incentive for the squad was the contest’s location—home—a place Harvard will rarely see this season.

“It was a little bit hard [to get up for the game],” Bajin said. “But it was our first home match of the season.”

The Crimson will hit the road again next weekend, when the team travels south to take on Old Dominion and No. 7 North Carolina.

—Staff writer Timothy J. McGinn can be reached at mcginn@fas.harvard.edu.