CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Big Red women's tennis team opened the 2010 ECAC Division I Indoor Tennis Championship with a 6-1 loss to Harvard this afternoon.
Ruxandra Dumitrescu picked up Cornell's lone point with a victory at the No. 6 spot over Samantha Gridley, 4-6, 6-2, 11-9.
For complete results and updated brackets visit the ECAC website at:
http://www.ecacsports.com/championships/2010_Tennis/2010_Women-s_Tennis_Release.
Cornell is back in action tomorrow morning, Saturday, Feb. 12, as it takes on Boston University at 8 a.m.
No. 2 Harvard University (H) def. No. Cornell University (COR): 6-1
Singles
No. 1 Cao, (H) def. Ordway, (COR): 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 Tachibana, (H) def. Lim, (COR): 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Norton, (H) def. O'Neil, (COR): 6-1, 5-7, 10-2
No. 4 Rosekrans, (H) def. Sanchez, (COR): 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Chang, (H) def. Sullivan, (COR): 6-1, 4-6, 13-11
No. 6 Dumitrescu, (COR) def Gridley, (H) 6-4, 2-6 9-11
Doubles
No. 1 Cao/Rosekrans, (H) def. Sullivan/Sanchez, (COR): 8-5
No. 2 Tachibana/Norton, (H) def. Ordway/O'Neil, (COR): 9-7
No. 3 Dumitrscu/Lim, (COR) def Chang/Gridley, (H): 8-3