EVANSTON, Ill. – The Harvard women's tennis team (5-4) traveled to Evanston, Ill., for matchups with Northwestern and Miami (Ohio).
 
In the first match of the road trip, the Crimson battled with Northwestern on Sunday afternoon, with the Wildcats earning the win 7-0.
 
The following day on Monday afternoon, Harvard took on Miami (Ohio) and were outlasted, 4-3.
 
The Crimson earned the doubles point over the RedHawks to start, with a 6-1 win from the duo of Maxi Duncan and Amy Huang at the second position. Iveta Daujotaite and Sany Gawande earned a 6-2 win to secure the doubles point for the Crimson at No. 3.
 
Harvard earned two hard-fought wins in the singles competitions, but was unable to grab the clinching point.
 
Gawande picked up a singles win over Nishitha Saravanan of the RedHawks at the third position in three sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
 
Amy Huang outlasted Sarah Dev in a back-and-forth match at No. 5, going to a tiebreaker in each of the three sets for a final tally of 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (9-11), 11-9.

Harvard Highlights

• Huang improved to 1-0 on the season in both singles and doubles competition with her wins against Miami (Ohio).
• The duos of Duncan-Huang and Daujotaite-Gawande both earned wins in their first pairings of the spring.

Up Next

The Crimson will travel to Norfolk, Va., for a matchup with No. 17 Old Dominion on Mar. 6, at 1 p.m.

RESULTS

Northwestern, L 7-0 (Feb. 20)

Singles

1. Clarissa Hand (NU) def. Maxi Duncan (HARV) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
2. Maria Shusharina (NU) def. Sophia Ho (HARV) 6-2, 6-4
3. Sydney Pratt (NU) def. Rachel Arbitman (HARV) 6-0, 6-1
4. Ema Lazic (NU) def. Rachel Eason (HARV) 6-2, 6-1
5. Briana Crowley (NU) def. Iveta Daujotaite (HARV) 6-2, 6-1
6. Christina Hand (NU) def. Sany Gawande (HARV) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles

1. Clarissa Hand/Maria Shusharina (NU) vs. Rachel Arbitman/Maxi Duncan (HARV) 5-3, DNF
2. Sydney Pratt/Hannah McColgan (NU) def. Rachel Lim/Sany Gawande (HARV) 6-1
3. Briana Crowley/Christina Hand  (NU) def. Sophia Ho/Iveta Daujotaite (HARV) 6-2

Miami (OH), L 4-3 (Feb. 21)

Singles

1. Brindtha Ramasamy (MIA-OH) def. Sophia Ho (HARV), 6-2, 6-4
2. Laura Rico (MIA-OH) def. Rachel Eason (HARV), 6-3, 6-4
3. Sany Gawande (HARV) def. Nishitha Saravanan (MIA-OH), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
4. Sara Zalukar (MIA-OH) def. Iveta Daujotaite (HARV), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
5. Amy Huang (HARV) def. Sarah Dev (MIA-OH), 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (9-11), 11-9
6. Emila Valentinsson (MIA-OH) def. Rachel Lim (HARV), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

Doubles

1. Brindtha Ramasamy/Laura Rico (MIA-OH) vs. Rachel Lim/Sophia Ho (HARV) DNF
2. Maxi Duncan/Amy Huang def. Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek/Nishitha Saravanan (MIA-OH), 6-1
3. Iveta Daujotaite/Sany Gawande (HARV) def. Sara Zalukar/Emila Valentinsson (MIA-OH), 6-2