In the No. 1 doubles match, Norton and partner Tachibana pulled out the Crimson’s only win with an 8-2 domination.

The Tribe replicated Harvard’s performance in the other doubles matches, defeating the Crimson’s No. 2 team of Blosser and Cao, 8-2, and the No. 3 team of Morrill and co-captain Samantha Rosekrans, 8-3.

“We’ve been working on doubles in practice [because] that was our weak point,” Cao said. “Unfortunately, that didn’t [work] so well for us today.”

With William and Mary striking early, the pressure was on for the singles matches.

Ending her match with an easy lob, Cao was able to produce a strong victory in the No. 1 singles match, defeating the Tribe’s Hope Johnson, 6-4, 6-1.

“We fought much harder in singles, but we couldn’t get our first doubles point,” Cao said. “It’s harder playing with a partner, and sometimes you just have off days.”

The Crimson showed their strength in singles, but William and Mary fought just as hard, leading to a 3-3 score for the matches.

Cao and Norton gave Harvard easy wins in the No. 1 and No. 3 singles matches, while Gridley came back from a loss in the first set to earn a 6-3 and a 1-0 victory in her second and third sets, respectively.

Playing in the No. 2 singles match, Tachibana notched the win in the first set, 6-4.

The second set did not have the same result, as the large amount of on-the-net play found Tachibana dropping the set, 7-5. The Tribe’s freshman Jeltje Loomans sealed the victory with 6-4 score in the third set.

Harvard will take a two-week break before heading to California for its next match.