Site: Lagoon Park & O'Connor Tennis Center (Montgomery, Alabama)
Result: Yale 1, Princeton 4/Yale 4, Auburn 2
Records: Yale (7–3), Princeton (9–2)/ Yale (8–3), Auburn (7–2)
Next Up: at Florida Atlantic on Mar. 6
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Yale women's tennis closed out its stay at the Blue Gray National Classic with a bang. The Bulldogs knocked off Auburn of the SEC 4-2 to finish in third place in the strong eight-team field.
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Earlier in the day, in the semifinals, Yale fell to No. 5 Princeton 4-1
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Against Auburn,
Caroline Dunleavy clinched the victory a three-set victory at No. 2 singles. She won the decisive third set 6-0. The Bulldogs also got singles victories from
Samantha Martinelli and
Raissa Lou.
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Yale won the doubles point with victories from the duos of
Chelsea Kung and
Rena Lin and
Rhea Shrivastava and Dunleavy
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Against Princeton, Kung posted the Elis singles win at the No. 2 spot, winning against Daria Frayman 6–4, 3–0 (Retired).
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In the doubles, the team of Shrivastava and Dunleavy won a heroic 7–5 victory at the No. 3 spot against Zoe Howard and Clare McKee.
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Yale 4, Auburn 2
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Singles:
No. 1:
Samantha Martinelli (Yale) d. Taylor Russo 6–2, 6–2
No. 2: Selin Ovunc (Auburn) d.
Chelsea Kung (Yale) 6–2, 6–4
No. 3:
Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) d. Yu Chen (Auburn) 6–4, 1–6, 6–0
No. 6:
Raissa Lou (Yale) d. Caraline Scheufler (Auburn) 6–2, 6–3
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Doubles:
No. 2:
Chelsea Kung/
Rena Lin (Yale) d. Madeline Meredith/Georgie Axon (Auburn) 7–6
No. 3:
Rhea Shrivastava/
Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) d. Carolyn Ansari/Lindsay Song (Auburn) 6–2
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No. 5 Princeton 4, Yale 1
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Singles:
No. 1: Brianna Shvets (Princeton) d.
Samantha Martinelli (Yale) 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
No. 2:
Chelsea Kung (Yale) d. Daria Frayman (Princeton) 6–4, 3–0 (Retired)
No. 3: Zoe Howard (Princeton) d.
Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) 7–5, 6–1
No. 5: Stephanie Schrage (Princeton) d.
Jessie Gong (Yale) 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
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Doubles:
No. 1: Daria Frayman/Grace Joyce (Princeton) d.
Samantha Martinelli/
Jessie Gong (Yale) 7–6
No. 2: Brianna Shvets/Nathalie Rodilosso (Princeton) d.
Chelsea Kung/
Rena Lin (Yale) 6–3
No. 3:
Rhea Shrivastava/
Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) d. Zoe Howard/Clare McKee (Princeton) 7–5
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