ITHACA, N.Y. – The women's tennis team fell to 0-4 in Ivy League play on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to 59th-ranked Yale at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Freshman Alexandra D'Ascenzo accounted for the Big Red's lone point with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 2 singles. She improved to 10-3 in dual-match singles contests this season.
 
Yale (10-8, 2-1 Ivy) started the day by winning the doubles point by taking a pair of close 8-6 decisions at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. The Big Red's No. 2 pairing of junior Lauren Frazier and sophomore Christy Kung was leading its match, 7-6, when play was halted with Yale already securing the opening point.
 
Five of the six singles matches were decided in straight sets. Frazier took Sherry Li to a third-set super tiebreaker at the No. 5 spot.
 
Cornell is back in action at noon Sunday with a home match against Brown at Reis Tennis Center.
 
#59 YALE 6, CORNELL 1
Saturday's results; at Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Doubles
1. Madeleine Hamilton/Sherry Li (Y) def. Marika Cusick/Alexandra D'Ascenzo, 8-6
2. Lauren Frazier/Christy Kung (C) vs. Ree Ree Li/Hanna Yu, unfinished (7-6)
3. Courtney Amos/Annie Sullivan (Y) def. Shannon Comolli/Dena Tanenbaum, 8-6
Singles
1. Yu (Y) def. Tanenbaum, 6-3, 6-3
2. D'Ascenzo (C) def. Hamilton, 6-3, 6-3
3. Sullivan (Y) def. Cusick, 6-4, 6-1
4. R. Li (Y) def. Comolli, 6-0, 6-3
5. S. Li (Y) def. Frazier, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0
6. Amos (Y) def. Kung, 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1), Singles (4,3,1,6,2,5)
Records: Cornell 7-7 (0-4 Ivy), Yale 10-8 (2-1 Ivy)