Site: New York, N.Y. (Dick Savitt Tennis Center)
Result: Yale 4, Penn 1
Records: Yale (4-1), Penn (3-3)
Next Yale Event: vs. Columbia in ECAC Indoor Championship finals match on Sunday at 5 p.m.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. The Yale women's tennis team registered another victory at the ECAC Indoor Championships with a 4-1 victory over No. 2 seed Penn. The Bulldogs, who are seeded third, will now meet defending champion Columbia in the final on Sunday at 5 p.m. The Lions defeated top-seed Harvard 4-1
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In the singles,
Chelsea Kung defeated Ashley Zhu 6-3, 6-0 at the No. 2 spot and
Rena Lin bested Sonia Tartakovsky in a gutsy 7-6, 6-0 victory. At No. 6,
Rhea Shrivastava's turned in a strong performance for the Bulldogs against Carolyn Xie, a 6-4, 6-3 win.
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In the doubles, the team of
Jessie Gong and
Samantha Martinelli took care of business at the No. 1 spot, winning 6-3 against Iuliia Bryzgalova and Marija Curnic. Yale also got a victory from
Rena Lin and
Chelsea Kung, who took down Sonia Tartakovsky and Amanda Chan 6-4.
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RESULTS
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Singles
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No. 1 --Iuliia Bryzgalova (UPenn) def.
Samantha Martinelli (Yale) 6-4,6-4
No. 2 --
Chelsea Kung (Yale) def. Ashley Zhu (UPenn)Â 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 --
Rena Lin (Yale) def. Sonia Tartakovsky (UPenn) 7-6 (2), 6-0
No. 6 --
Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) def. Carolyn Xie (UPenn) 6-4, 6-3
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Doubles
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No. 1 --
Jessie Gong/
Samantha Martinelli (Yale) def. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Marija Curnic 6-3
No. 2 --
Rena Lin/
Chelsea Kung (Yale) def. Sonia Tartakovsky/Amanda Chan 6-4
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