HANOVER, N.H. — The women's tennis team was defeated by Brown, 4-1, on Friday morning to kick off play at this weekend's ECAC Indoor Championships at Dartmouth's Boss Tennis Center.
 
Cornell (2-2) won the doubles point to start the day. Making her collegiate dual debut, freshman Mariko Iinuma paired with sophomore Madison Stevens to win the No. 3 match, 6-3. After 54th-ranked Brown (3-1) won the No. 2 match, the Big Red's No. 1 pairing of juniors Marika Cusick and Alexandra D'Ascenzo clinched the point with a 6-4 victory.
 
Unfortunately for the Big Red, Brown rattled off four straight singles victories to take the match — though Cornell's D'Ascenzo (No. 2) and senior Jane Stewart (No. 4) were ahead in the third set of their respective matches when play was called.
 
Cornell will compete next at 10 a.m. Saturday in the consolation semifinals against second-seeded and 43rd-ranked Princeton. The Tigers were upset, 4-2, by seventh-seeded Harvard on Friday afternoon.
 
ECAC Championships, first round
#54 BROWN 4, CORNELL 1
Singles
1. Dayna Lord (B) def. #74 Marika Cusick, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
2. Alexandra D'Ascenzo (C) vs. Alyza Benotto, DNF (6-2, 4-6, 3-2)
3. Hannah Camhi (B) def. Lizzie Stewart, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
4. Jane Stewart (C) vs. Katie Ta, DNF (6-3, 3-6, 3-2)
5. Maddie Stearns (B) def. Priyanka Shah, 6-1, 6-3
6. Ammu Mandalap (B) def. Madison Stevens, 6-4, 7-6
Doubles
1. Cusick/D'Ascenzo (C) def. Benotto/Lord, 6-4
2. Camhi/Ta (B) def. Shah/L. Stewart, 6-2
3. Mariko Iinuma/Stevens (C) def. Mandalap/Stearns, 6-3