NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale women's tennis team will hit the road for the first time this spring to participate in the ECAC Championships, hosted by Ivy League rival Columbia. Matches start Friday and the championships runs through Sunday.
 
The bracket is comprised of eight teams; seven of which are Ivy League squads, the lone exception being UMass. The Bulldogs are seeded third after No. 1 Harvard and No. 2 Penn. 
 
Yale faces UMass in the first round on Friday at 2 p.m. The winner advances to the semifinals to meet the winner of the Penn-Dartmouth match on Saturday at 5 p.m., while the loser plays at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the consolation bracket.
 
The championship match is set for 5 p.m. on Sunday.
 
Yale has won four of its last five matches with UMass, including a 7-0 victory last year.
 
The full bracket can be found here. 
 
All matches will be played at Dick Savitt Tennis Center except for Match No. 9, which will be played at the Billie Jean King Training Center/USTA indoor facility in Queens on Sunday morning.
 
Full Schedule
 
Friday, February 7
Match 1: #1 Harvard vs #8 Cornell Time: 8:00 a.m.
Match 2: #4 Columbia vs #5 Brown Time: 11:00 a.m.
Match 3: #3 Yale vs #6 UMass Time: 2:00 p.m.
Match 4: #2 Penn vs #7 Dartmouth Time: 5:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, February 8
Match 5: Loser Match 1 vs Loser Match 2 Time: 8:00 a.m.
Match 6: Loser Match 3 vs Loser Match 4 Time: 11:00 a.m.
Match 7: Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2 Time: 2:00 p.m.
Match 8: Winner Match 3 vs Winner Match 4 Time: 5:00 p.m.
 
Sunday, February 9
Match 9: Loser Match 5 vs Loser Match 6 Time: 7:30 a.m. Played at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Match 10: Winner Match 5 vs Winner Match 6 Time: 8:00 a.m. Played at Dick Savitt Tennis Center
Match 11: Loser Match 7 vs Loser Match 8 Time: 2:00 p.m.
Match 12: Winner Match 7 vs Winner Match 8 Time: 5:00 p.m.