Site: New York, New York (Dick Savitt Tennis Center)
Result: Yale 4, UMass 0
Records: Yale (3-1), UMass (3-3)
Next Yale Event: 2^nd Round ECAC Championship vs. Penn on Saturday at 5 p.m.
 
NEW YORK, N.Y. The Yale women's tennis team is off to a strong start the ECAC Indoor Championships. The Bulldogs rolled to a 4-0 victory over UMass in the first round and will play Penn on Saturday at 5 p.m. The Quakers defeated Dartmouth.
 
The Elis took care of business in the singles, with Samantha Martinelli blowing past her opponent 6-0,6-1 at the No. 1 spot. This lit a fire under her teammates, who rose to the occasion to secure the singles point. Chelsea Kung took down Martina Bocchi 6-1, 6-1, followed by Rhea Shrivastava's resounding 6-0, 6-2 victory over Sarah Mezini.
 
The Bulldogs opened the match by capturing the doubles point. Jessie Gong and Samantha Martinelli downed the team of Anna Napaidy and Martina Bocchi 6-1. Securing the triumphant overall win and doubles point, Caroline Dunleavy and Shrivastava breezed past Jasmin Tripathy and Sarah Mezini 6-1.
 
Full results
 
Singles
 
No. 1 -- Samantha Martinelli (Yale) d. Anna Napaidy (UMass) 6-0,6-1
No. 2 -- Chelsea Kung (Yale) d. Martina Bocchi (UMass) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) vs. Jovana Bogicevic (UMass) 6-0, 3-3 DNF
No. 4 -- Rena Lin (Yale) vs.  Ashley Avery (UMass) 6-3, 3-2 DNF
No. 5 -- Raissa Lou (Yale) vs. Jasmin Tripathy (UMass) 6-1, 5-1 DNF
No. 6 -- Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) d. Sarah Mezini (UMass) 6-0,6-2
 
Doubles
 
No. 1 -- Jessie Gong/Samantha Martinelli (Yale) d. Anna Napaidy/Martina Bocchi 6-1
No. 2 -- Rena Lin/Chelsea Kung (Yale) vs. Jovana Bogicevic/Ashley Avery (UMass) 3-4 DNF
No. 3 --Caroline Dunleavy/Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) d. Jasmin Tripathy/Sarah Meszini 6-1