CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In its first home contest of the Ivy League slate, Harvard women's tennis (11-8, 1-3 Ivy) cruised past Brown (14-7, 1-3 Ivy), 4-1.

The Bears won the first doubles match of the day with a 6-3 victory on court one but Harvard ultimately captured the doubles point. The duos of Natalie Block/Natasha Rajaram and Kavya Karra/Andra Braicu each won their matches 6-3 on courts two and three, respectively.

With the momentum of the doubles point, the Crimson started strong in singles, taking the first set on all six courts. Claire Shao was the first Harvard player to secure a singles point, winning in convincing fashion with a pair of 6-2 sets on court two.

Block then added to the Crimson's lead, defeating Sari Woo (Brown), 6-3, 6-1, on court five.

Andra Braicu sealed the match for Harvard, dropping Chloe Qin (Brown) on court six with two 6-2 decisions.

Results

Harvard – 4, Brown – 1
Doubles

1. Hannah Shen/Abigail Lee (Brown) def. Kate Kim/Claire Shao (Harvard), 6-3
2. Natalie Block/Natasha Rajaram (Harvard) def. Chloe Qin/Anne Moody (Brown), 6-3
3. Kavya Karra/Andra Braicu (Harvard) def. Ali Maguy/Anne Yang (Brown), 6-3

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles

1. Kavya Karra (Harvard) vs. Ali Maguy (Brown), 6-1, 4-5 DNF
2. Claire Shao (Harvard) def. Hannah Shen (Brown), 6-2, 6-2
3. Abigail Lee (Brown) def. Anna-Raphaëlle Serghi (Harvard), 6-3, 6-3
4. Kate Kim (Harvard) vs. Anne Yang (Brown), 7-6 (2), 1-2 DNF
5. Natalie Block (Harvard) def. Sari Woo (Brown), 6-3, 6-1
6. Andra Braicu (Harvard) def. Chloe Qin (Brown), 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 5, 6, 3

Next Up

The Crimson will look to sweep the weekend on Sunday, April 12 as it heads to New Haven, Conn. to face No. 58 Yale at 1:00 p.m. ET.