NEW YORK – The women's tennis team won its fourth straight doubles point of the season, but couldn't keep the momentum Saturday in a 5-2 loss to Dartmouth in the fifth-place match of the ECAC Indoor Championships at Dick Savitt Tennis Center.
 
Cornell (2-2) took the early 1-0 lead after winning two of three doubles matches. The freshman team of Marika Cusick and Alexandra D'Ascenzo took care of the No. 1 match, 6-4, then junior Lauren Frazier and sophomore Dena Tanenbaum wrapped up the match's first point with a 6-3 triumph at the No. 2 position.
 
But Dartmouth (2-2) went on to win five of the six singles matches. Tanenbaum (No. 1), D'Ascenzo (No. 3) and sophomore Christy Kung (No. 5) all forced a third-set tiebreaker, only to come up short in each of their respective matches. Senior Shannon Comolli accounted for the Big Red's second point, topping Sarah Bessen, 6-4, 6-1, at the No. 6 position.
 
The Big Red heads to the Yellowhammer State for a pair of matches next weekend, taking on South Alabama on Sunday, Feb. 16 and Troy on Monday, Feb. 17.
 
DARTMOUTH 5, CORNELL 2
Saturday's results; at Dick Savitt Tennis Center; New York
Doubles
1. Marika Cusick/Alexandra D'Ascenzo (C) def. Taylor Ng/Katherine Yau, 6-4
2. Lauren Frazier/Dena Tanenbaum (C) def. Melissa Matsuoka/Akiko Okuda, 6-3
3. Julienne Keong Si Yang/Suzy Tan (D) def. Christy Kung/Shannon Comolli, 7-6(3)
Singles
1. Yau (D) def. Tanenbaum, 6-3, 4-6, (10-4)
2. Ng (D) def. Cusick, 6-1, 6-4
3. Matsuoka (D) def. D'Ascenzo, 7-5, 3-6, (11-9)
4. Okuda (D) def. Frazier, 6-1, 6-4
5. Tan (D) def. Kung, 3-6, 6-1, (10-3)
6. Comolli (C) def. Sarah Bessen, 6-4, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3), Singles (2,6,4,1,5,3)
Records: Cornell 2-2, Dartmouth 2-2