Ryan Osleeb continued Harvard’s success with a 7-2 decision, followed by a shutout from Keith, who blanked his opponent, 8-0.

Princeton finally earned a decision at 149, but Harvard answered with a winning bout after Peppelman forced a technical fall in the second period of his match.

“We learned from [our mistakes] and kind of turned it around for Princeton,” Peppelman said. “We went from being 2-8 against Penn and then going 8-2 against Princeton, which is good. Princeton is a team that beat us a year ago, and yesterday we came out and dominated, so I was really happy with our performance against Princeton.”

Freshman Devon Gobbo widened the scoring gap to 18-3, with a 6-4 decision. Princeton responded with a second and final win in a 7-3 decision at 174 lbs.

Sophomore Josh Popple secured a decision in a comeback in the third period, while Fox easily toppled his opponent in a 10-3 win.

Ng’s 4-1 decision ended the match in a 27-6 Harvard victory. The win sent the Crimson into its Sunday match 1-1 on the weekend.

“After the Penn match we learned that we need to be mentally tougher,” Peppelman said. “A lot of wrestling at the higher level is being focused. It’s a mental game; it’s about 25- to 50-percent physical and 50- to 75-percent mental. Those are the games we won against Princeton, the mental battles, the ones that took place at the end of the match, end of the periods, and overtime. Those are the big adjustments we made. We are going to carry this through until the end of the season, so I’m really excited.”

—Staff writer Kelley Guinn McArtor can be reached at kelleyguinnmcartor@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @KGMCrimson.