“These two matches definitely got our confidence back up again,” Norton said. “We have two wins in a row, so we just want to keep it going. Hopefully we can just continue to keep the wins rolling.”

HARVARD 5, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2

The Crimson’s first win in four matches came over the Terriers (4-2) on Friday afternoon.

Harvard came out strong, capturing all three of the doubles matches.

Norton and Tachibana decisively beat BU’s reigning America East Player of the Week, Leonie-Charlotte Athanasiadis, and partner Jessi Linero, 8-2, at the No. 1 position.

Morrill and Whelan beat their opponent, 8-2, at the No. 2 court, while Gridley and Jania finished on the winning side of an 8-5 match that gave the Crimson a doubles sweep.

“The fitness really showed during our matches,” Norton said. “Despite not being able to look down on the court, we knew that we could outrun our opponents.”

Harvard took four of six singles matches.

Norton, who was playing at the No. 1 position for the first time, battled her foe in a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 win.

“I think our coach is just mixing up the lineup a little bit,” Norton said. “I think on any given day, anyone can play on every level…. I’ve never played [the No. 1] position before, so I was pretty nervous, but I tried not to think about it.”

On the adjacent court, Jania beat the Terriers’ Stefanie Nunic by default after Nunic retired before the end of the first set due to injury.

After winning the second set to even the score at the No. 3 spot, Tachibana was unable to pull out a victory in a long third set, losing 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (6).

Despite sophomore Natalie Blosser dropping her contest, 6-2, 6-2, on the sixth court, Gridley and Whelan both outmatched their opponents to give Harvard the victory.

Gridley defeated her opponent, 6-3, 6-2, at the No. 4 position, while Whelan came out on top of a 3-6, 6-4, 6-5 match.

—Staff writer Taryn I. Kurcz can be reached at tkurcz@college.harvard.edu.