HANOVER, N.H. – In another tight match at the ECAC Championship, the Yale women's tennis team edged Penn 4-3.
Vivian Cheng clinched the victory for the Bulldogs with a hard-fought victory at No. 4 singles. Cheng dropped the first set 6-3 but rallied to win the second set in a tiebreaker and took the deciding set 7-5.
Two other Bulldogs also rallied from a set down to win their matches.
Ann Wright Guerry defeated Penn's Gavriella Smith 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, and
Sophia Zaslow edged Maya Urata 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 at No. 5,
Jamie Kim was a straight sets winner for Yale at No. 6.
The Bulldogs wrap up play at ECACs on Sunday when they meet Dartmouth at 8 a.m.
Yale 4, Penn 3:
Doubles
1. Sabine Rutlauka/Juliana Munhoz (Penn) def.
Vivian Cheng/
Chelsea Kung (Yale) 6-3
2.
Rhea Shrivastava/
Ann Wright Guerry (Yale) vs. Eileen Wang/Gavriella Smith (Penn) 4-4 (DNF)
3. Maya Urata/Iris Gallo (Penn) def.
Sophia Zaslow/
Jamie Kim (Yale) 6-2
Singles
1. Sabine Rutlauka (Penn) def.
Chelsea Kung (Yale) 6-3, 7-6
2. Eileen Wang (Penn) def.
Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) 6-3, 6-2
3.
Ann Wright Guerry (Yale) def. Gavriella Smith (Penn) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
4.
Vivian Cheng (Yale) def. Juliana Munhoz (Penn) 3-6, 7-6, 7-5
5.
Sophia Zaslow (Yale) def. Maya Urata (Penn) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
6.
Jamie Kim (Yale) def. Iris Gallo (Penn) 7-5, 6-3