Site: New York, N.Y. (Dick Savitt Tennis Center)
Result: Columbia 4, Yale 3
Records: Yale (4-2), Columbia (6-2)
Next Yale Event: Feb. 14 vs. Marshall, 2 p.m.
 
NEW YORK, N.Y. – In a memorable final of the ECAC Indoor Championship, the Yale women's tennis team suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Columbia. The outcome was decided in the third set of the last match on the court.
 
The Bulldogs captured the doubles point with a dominant 6-1 victory from the No. 3 ranked duo of Samantha Martinelli and Jessie Gong at the No. 1 position and a 6-3 win from Caroline Dunleavy and Rhea Shrivastava at No. 3.
 
Four of the six singles matches went three sets. Rena Lin rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 4. Chelsea Kung also was victorious for the Bulldogs, winning 7-6, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
 
The deciding match came at No. 5 singles where Columbia's Shivani Amineni edged Yale's Raissa Lou 1-6, 7-6, 6-4.
 
The full match between the two teams lasted nearly four hours.

Yale and Columbia meet again on Apr. 4 during the Ivy League regular season.
 
RESULTS
 
Singles
 
No. 1 – Akanksha Bhan (Col.) def. Samantha Martinelli (Yale) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 2 – Chelsea Kung (Yale) def. Jennifer Kerr (Col.) 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 – Melissa Sakar (Col.) def. Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Rena Lin (Yale) def. Michelle Xu (Col.) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 – Shivani Amineni (Col.) def. Raissa Lou (Yale) 1-6, 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 – Julia Haynes (Col.) def. Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) 6-4, 7-6 (2)
 
Doubles
 
No. 1 -- Jessie Gong/Samantha Martinelli (Yale) def. Akanksha Bhan/ Pauline Ferrari (Col.) 6-1
No. 2 -- Rena Lin/Chelsea Kung (Yale) led Melissa Sakar/ Julia Haynes (Col.) 5-3 [DNF]
No. 3 – Caroline Dunleavy/Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) def. Jennifer Kerr/ Shivani Amineni 6-3