Harvard dispatched the Terriers (11-6) in a manner similar to its victory over Brown just two hours earlier. The Crimson won by the same score, suffered only three defeats in each match and was unable to win at the 197- and 141-lb. categories, though the latter was twice a medical forfeit.

“Losing Mike Baria really added to [the similar scores],” said freshman 133-pounder Max Meltzer.

Meltzer was referring to the loss of his classmate Baria (141 lbs.) who injured his leg during the first period of his Brown match and was unable to wrestle for the rest of the afternoon. The extent of the injury is not yet known.

Despite the loss of Baria, Harvard wrestled extremely well as a team. Of the seven victories, four were major decisions or pins, and one of the losses was decided by only a point.

Among the Crimson standouts was the steadily improving Meltzer, who pinned both of his opponents. Meltzer thoroughly dominated the Terriers’ Jason Slutsky, whom he outscored 14-5 before finishing him with 28 seconds left in the second period.

Four of Slutsky’s points came when Meltzer allowed him to pick up one-point escapes. The fifth came when Meltzer performed an illegal move on Slutsky’s arm.

“Meltzer is wrestling at an extremely high level right now” Weiss said. “I mean an extremely high level. He’s doing everything that we can ask of him right now. We’re looking for him to place in the NCAA tournmanent.”

Other highlight performances were turned in by seniors David Germakian (125 lbs.) and Robbie Griffin (165 lbs.), who beat their opponents by a total of 18 points en route to major decisions.

The day’s action ended fittingly when No. 3 junior co-captain Jesse Jantzen (149 lbs.) recorded yet another pin.

After picking up 15 points, Jantzen ended the contest with :59 to go in the second period.

—Staff writer Evan R. Johnson can be reached at erjohns@fas.harvard.edu.