NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Yale women's tennis team dropped a 4-2 decision at Columbia.
Yale got singles victories from
Chelsea Kung at No. 1 singles and
Vivian Cheng at No. 6.
In doubles, the Bulldogs duo of Cheng and
Rhea Shrivastava posted a 6-4 victory at No. 3. The Lions, though, won the other two doubles matches.
Yale is back in action next Friday at Dartmouth.
Columbia 4, Yale 2
Doubles
1. Akanksha Bhan/Anna Zhang (Columbia) def.
Chelsea Kung/
Jessie Gong (Yale) 7-6(1)
2. Jennifer Kerr/Shivani Amineni (Columbia) def.
Kathy Wang/
Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) 6-4
3.
Vivian Cheng/
Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) def. Winta Tewolde/Sophia Strugnell (Columbia) 6-4
Singles
1.
Chelsea Kung (Yale) def. Akanksha Bhan (Columbia) 6-2, 7-6(2)
2. Anna Zhang (Columbia) def.
Caroline Dunleavy (Yale) 7-6(4), 6-1
3. Jennifer Kerr (Columbia) def.
Mirabelle Brettkelly (Yale) 6-3, 6-3
4. Melissa Sakar (Columbia) def.
Jessie Gong (Yale) 6-3, 7-5
5.
Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) vs. Julia Haynes (Columbia) DNF
6.
Vivian Cheng (Yale) def. Shivani Amineni (Columbia) 7-5, 6-1
