CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 67 Harvard women's tennis (7-6) narrowly fell to No. 43 Denver (10-2) 4-3 on Saturday, March 11.  
 
Harvard got off to a fast start in doubles. Harvard's duo, Sophia Ho and Maxi Duncan, would defeat Denver's Britt Pursell and Taylor Melville 6-3 in the one spot. In the three spot, Harvard's Iveta Daujotaite and Sany Gawande defeated Denver's duo of Louise Wikander and Caroline Driscoll 6-2 to give the doubles point to the Crimson.
 
Entering singles with a 1-0 lead, the Crimson would receive wins from Maxi Duncan in the two spot and Mihaela Marculescu in the six spot. Duncan would defeat Denver's Andrea Burguete Beltran 6-3, 7-5 and Marculescu would defeat Denver's Claudia Martinez de Velasco 6-4, 6-4.
 
Denver would earn wins in the three, four and five spots, meaning the match in the one position between Denver's No. 65 Taylor Melville and Harvard's No. 82 Charlotte Owensby would decide the team winner. Owensby would win the first set 6-3, but Melville would take sets two and three 7-5, 6-2 to give Denver a 4-3 win.
 

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Harvard returns to action on Tuesday, March 14, across the country in Los Angeles California against No. 73 Loyola Marymount at 1 p.m.

Results

 

Doubles

 

1. Sophia Ho / Maxi Duncan (HARV) def. Britt Pursell / Taylor Melville (DEN): 6-3
2. Charlotte Owensby / Angel You (HARV) vs. Claudia Martinez de Velasco / Andrea Burguete Beltran (DEN): 4-4
3. Iveta Daujotaite / Sany Gawande (HARV) def. Louise Wikander / Caroline Driscoll (DEN): 6-2

 

Singles

1. No. 65 Taylor Melville (DEN) def. No. 82 Charlotte Owensby (HARV): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
2. Maxi Duncan (HARV) def. Andrea Burguete Beltran (DEN): 6-3, 7-5
3. Britt Pursell (DEN) def. Angel You (HARV): 6-2, 6-4
4. Louise Wikander (DEN) def. Sophia Ho (HARV): 6-4, 6-0
5. Caroline Driscoll (DEN) def. Sany Gawande (HARV): 6-2, 6-2
6. Mihaela Marculescu (HARV) def. Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DEN): 6-4, 6-4