BOSTON, Mass. — In the third-place contest at the CSAs this afternoon, the Elis narrowly fell to the Bantams by a score of 6-3 to secure fourth place in the Howe Cup.
No. 5 Meghna Sreedhar,
No. 6 Brianna Jefferson, and
No. 9 Nina Mital all scored victories for the Bulldogs. Sreedhar, after surrendering her first game 11-3, came back to win three consecutive games and defeat her Trinity counterpart. Jefferson and Mital both handily swept their opponents in under 30 minutes.
Two key matches at the No. 3 and No. 8 seeds nearly went the Elis' way.
No. 3 Christy Lau went back and forth with her opponent in the longest match of the afternoon (56 minutes) before losing in 5.
No. 8 Lindsay Westerfield also fell in a tight five-game match. After losing the first game, she came back to win two in a row before ultimately surrendering the final two games.
After a strong season and an impressive fourth place finish, the Bulldogs now turn their attention to the singles championships, which take place in Philadelphia March 4–6..
RESULTS VS. TRINITY:
- Malak Ashraf Kamal (TRINITY) def. Sneha Sivakumar (YALE), 11-7, 11-3, 11-3
- Nouran Yousseff (TRINITY) def. Elisabeth Ross (YALE), 7-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-4
- Luz Sarahi Lopez Dominguez (TRINITY) def. Christy Lau (YALE), 11-9, 3-11, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10
- Madeleine Hylland (TRINITY) def. Gigi Yeung (YALE), 12-10, 11-0, 11-8
- Meghna Sreedhar (YALE) def. Nadiia Usenko (TRINITY), 3-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6
- Brianna Jefferson (YALE) def. Nanna Carleke (TRINITY), 13-11, 11-8, 11-8
- Janna Ashmawy (TRINITY) def. Aishwarya Bhattacharya (YALE), 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
- Lily Taylor-French (TRINITY) def. Lindsay Westerfield (YALE), 11-8, 7-11, 3-11, 12-10, 11-8
- Nina Mital (YALE) def. Zeinab Bakayoko (TRINITY), 11-2, 11-6, 11-4
