“They were tough matches,” Karki said. “There was just one matchup that was one-sided. Everyone showed a lot of toughness. I thought that we were a much fitter team than them and more willing to fight for the points.”
The win over the Quakers concluded what was an impressive overall performance this weekend for the Crimson, taking down two ranked teams in Penn and No. 4 Princeton on back-to-back days.
“I think everyone just stayed really focused and put in a lot of effort and a lot of heart,” Karki said.
The Crimson has not lost a match in 363 days. Harvard has been even more impressive at home, remaining unbeaten at the Murr Center since February 12th, 2011 at the hands of archrival Yale. But despite these impressive winning streaks, the team was solely focused on celebrating the most recent win.
“The pressure was off of us,” Mendez said. “We weren’t expecting to win. But we knew that we are extremely fit, we’ve been working really hard, and we were prepared."
—Staff writer Kurt T. Bullard can be reached at kurtbullard@college.harvard.edu.