HANOVER, N.H. – The women's tennis team won the doubles point and a pair of singles matches on Saturday, but ultimately lost a 4-3 match at Dartmouth – which shared the league title last season.
 
Despite two Ivy League losses, the Big Red doubles team of junior Christine Ordway and sophomore Ryann Young was 2-0 on the weekend. The tandem was competing at the No. 2 position for the second straight day, securing an 8-6 victory over the Big Green team of Janet Liu and Rachel Decker-Sadowski. Junior Sarah O'Neil and freshman Lauren Frazier also won the No. 1 match, 8-4, to give Cornell (8-7, 0-3 Ivy League) the first point of the match.
 
Young then improved to 12-2 on the season in singles play, defeating Liu at No. 3 in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The Big Red's other point came at No. 2 from Ordway, who won the match's only three-set tilt against Akiko Okuda, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. Dartmouth improved to 7-9 and evened its league record at 1-1 after a 4-3 loss to Columbia in its Ivy opener on Friday.
 
The Big Red will look to break its three-match losing streak next weekend when it returns home after a long stretch of six straight matches on the road. Cornell will host Brown at noon Friday, April 14 and Yale at noon Saturday, April 15 at Reis Tennis Center.
 
DARTMOUTH 4, CORNELL 3
Saturday, April 7
At Boss Tennis Center; Hanover, N.H.
Singles
1. Sarah Leonard (D) def. Sarah O'Neil, 7-6, 6-2
2. Christine Ordway (C) def. Akiko Okuda, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
3. Ryann Young (C) def. Janet Liu, 6-3, 6-1
4. Theresa Smith (D) def. Gabby Sullivan, 6-4, 6-3
5. Sabrina Stewart (D) def. Lauren Frazier, 6-2, 6-2
6. Rachel Decker-Sadowski (D) def. Courtney Malinchak, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
1. O'Neil/Frazier (C) def. Okuda/Leonard, 8-4
2. Ordway/Young (C) def. Liu/Decker-Sadowski, 8-6
3. Smith/Jen Reichel (D) def. Rosemary Li/Sara Perelman, 8-5
Records
Cornell 8-7, 0-3 Ivy; Dartmouth 7-9, 1-1 Ivy