Women’s Tennis Falls To Princeton In ECAC Opener
ITHACA, N.Y. – The women’s tennis team started off the ECAC Indoor Championships on Friday with a 4-0 quarterfinal loss to top-seeded Princeton at Reis Tennis Center.
Freshman Lan Mi turned in a strong performance for the Big Red at #1 singles, where she was up a break in the third set before the match was halted after Princeton (1-6) secured the winning point elsewhere.
The Big Red will now advance to the consolation semifinals, where it will play at 8 a.m. Saturday against the loser of a quarterfinal match fourth-seeded Yale and fifth-seeded Dartmouth.
PRINCETON 4, CORNELL 0
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Lan Mi (C) vs. #24 Victoria Hu, DNF (6-1, 1-6, 3-0)
2. #63 Brianna Shvets (P) vs. Katherine Nguyen, DNF (7-6, 1-1)
3. Neha Velaga def. Maria Adiaconitei, 6-1, 6-0
4. Zoe Howard (P) def. Valerie Ho, DNF (6-1, 5-4)
5. Stephanie Schrage (P) def. Jenny Wong, 6-0, 6-2
6. Maia Sung (P) def. Alexandra Savu, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Nathalie Rodilosso/Shvets (P) vs. Adiaconitei/Lauren Stein, DNF (5-3)
2. Howard/Velaga (P) def. Savu/Wong, 6-2
3. Grace Joyce/Sung (P) def. Fatima El Ashram/Ho, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3), Singles (3,5,6)
