“Both Princeton and Penn are going to bring everything they have because we are the team to beat right now,” Bajin said. “We are fully aware of this and up to the challenge.”
Harvard 7, Columbia 0
In its first trip to Columbia’s new Dick Savitt Tennis Center, Harvard made quick work of the Lions. The Crimson took just 2:24 to dispatch Columbia, never dropping more than four games in a set in the six singles matches.
In the first doubles match, the No. 32 pair of sophomores Courtney Bergman and Susanna Lingman handily defeated its opponent 8-3.
Bajin and sophomore Alexis Martire had little trouble with Columbia’s second duo, winning 8-4.
At No. 3, the Lions posed a greater challenge to Harvard freshmen Melissa Anderson and Eva Wang, although the Crimson ultimately prevailed 9-7.
In the most closely contested singles match of the day, No. 43 Bergman took the No. 1 contest over Shelley Mittal 6-4, 6-4. At fourth singles, No. 72 Wang was pushed to a 6-4 second set victory after dominating the first set 6-0. Equally brilliant were Martire and Bajin, who trounced their opponents 6-0, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-0 respectively. Overall, the Crimson outscored Columbia 72-23 in singles.
—Staff writer Sean W. Coughlin can be reached at coughl@fas.harvard.edu.