A day after being swept in the doubles, Harvard sent the same three duos out, hoping for a different result. All three teams responded.
In the No. 2 spot, Hyotte and Wang defeated Klara Jarova and Marlieke Jager, 8-3.
At No. 1, Bergman and Lingman rebounded with an 8-4 win over Catherine Perkins and Katarina Palenikova, clinching the doubles point for the Crimson.
Mukundan and Anderson sealed the sweep with an 8-6 victory over Dominika Nemcovicova and Ana Rupic.
According to Bergman, getting the first point helped set the tone for the remainder of the match. “Even though it’s only one point,” she said, “it’s a pretty big point [because] it sets your energy, your momentum [and] your confidence [for the singles].”
The Crimson’s success in the doubles carried over to the singles, much like it had for USC the day before. The lead was quickly pushed to 3-0 when Wang won easily at No. 3, defeating Palenikova 6-0, 6-2, and Bergman routed Perkins at the top spot 6-1, 6-2.
USA got on the board when Nemcovicova defeated Cindy Chu 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. The Jaguars, however, were unable to overcome the early deficit.
Lingman scored Harvard’s fourth point with her second victory of the weekend. She finished off Jager 7-5, 6-1 at the second spot. Mukundun beat Jarova 6-1, 7-5 to finish the scoring for the Crimson, while Anderson dropped the day’s only three-set match to Rupic 4-6, 6-4, 3-2 (2).
The Crimson will look to get Mr. Mo back next Saturday when the squad hosts the University of San Francisco at 10 a.m.
—Staff writer Gregory B. Michnikov can be reached at michnik@fas.harvard.edu.