Syracuse Slides By Yale

March 18, 2006

Boca Raton, FL - The Yale women's tennis team wrapped up their spring break tour with a match against Syracuse. The Bulldogs lost the match 4-3.

Rashmee Patil '07 won the No. 1 singles spot in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Janet Kim '09 dominated the No. 3 position by winning her match 6-1, 6-3. In the No. 6 spot, Christine Alford '07 had an outstanding game, also winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.

The Elis face off against Massachusetts on Mar. 26 at 12:30 p.m.

Report filed by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity.

Singles competition

1. Rashmee Patil (YALE) def. Victoria Vaynberg (SU) 6-4, 6-3

2. Catherine Zawadzki (SU) def. Aimee Kim (YALE) 6-4, 6-0

3. Janet Kim (YALE) def. Katie Bramante (SU) 6-1, 6-3

4. Maria Vasilyeva (SU) def. Ashley Miles (YALE) 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 6-3

5. Ashley Lipton (SU) def. Lilian Nguyen (YALE) 6-2, 6-3

6. Christine Alford (YALE) def. Wei-Ming Leong (SU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. #11 Victoria Vaynberg/Catherine Zawadzki (SU) def. Aimee Kim/Janet Kim (YALE) 8-1

2. Katie Bramante/Wei-Ming Leong (SU) def. #15 Rashmee Patil/Olivia Nix (YALE) 8-4

3. Ashley Lipton/Carolina Huignard (SU) def. Ashley Miles/Christine Alford (YALE) 8-