O’Riain and Schnitter led their match until the Tar Heels evened the score at five. Harvard’s duo put up a fight when down 5-6, forcing a handful of deuces before the North Carolina pair pulled away.

Bergman and Lingman got as close as 5-7 after falling behind 0-4, but they also eventually fell.

Durkin and Anderson won quickly and handily, 8-1, but the Tar Heels had still earned the first point of the match.

In the singles competition, Durkin and Wang put the Crimson on the board, as each coasted to 6-2, 6-1 victories. Lingman led 3-0 in the first set of her singles match against Cline, North Carolina’s top player, before winning 6-3, and she broke serve to go ahead 3-2 in the second set en route to another 6-3 set and an upset victory.

“[Friday’s loss] inspired us to do better today,” Durkin said. “Everyone did her part.”

Although she twisted her knee early in the match, O’Riain bounced back to defeat her opponent 6-4, 6-4, and clinch the win for Harvard.

Martire prevailed next in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, and at the end of a long battle, Bergman fell to the No. 41 nationally-ranked player, Aniela Mojzis, 3-6, 7-5, 0-1 (7).

Excited about Saturday’s result, the team is looking forward to its next set of matches, as it heads south to face Alabama and South Alabama on March 19-20.

“This is a huge win for us,” Martire said.

While it split the weekend, the Crimson is looking at its performance as a positive sign for the long run, as both Northwestern and North Carolina are among the highest-ranked teams in the nation.

“We know that we’re just as good as they are,” Schnitter said. “Securing a win motivates us and makes a statement to other schools that we are as good.”