HANOVER, N.H. – The Yale women's tennis team dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Columbia in the first round of the ECAC Indoor Championship at Dartmouth.
 
The match was decided by Columbia's Sophia Wang's 6-1 third-set victory in the No. 4 singles position.
 
Singles winners for the Bulldogs were Rhea Shrivastava, Sophia Zaslow and Jamie Kim.
 
Yale plays again in the tournament on Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
Columbia 4, Yale 3
 
Doubles
1. Anna Zhang/Sophia Wang (Columbia) def. Vivian Cheng/Chelsea Kung (Yale) 6-4
2. Rhea Shrivastava/Ann Wright Guerry (Yale) vs. Fatima Keita/Rachele Rimondini 4-4 (DNF)
3. Michelle Xu/Winta Tewolde (Columbia) def. Sophia Zaslow/Jamie Kim (Yale) 6-2
 
Singles
1. Anna Zhang (Columbia) def. Chelsea Kung (Yale) 6-2, 6-3
2. Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) def. Julia Haynes (Columbia) 6-2, 6-2
3. Rachele Rimondini (Columbia) def. Ann Wright Guerry (Yale) 6-3, 6-4
4. Sophia Wang (Columbia) def. Vivian Cheng (Yale) 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
5. Sophia Zaslow (Yale) def. Winta Tewolde (Columbia) 6-1, 7-6
6. Jamie Kim (Yale) def. Clarine Lerby (Columbia) 6-4, 6-4