ITHACA, N.Y. – Freshman Lan Mi and senior Valerie Ho won their respective singles matches in straight sets, but Yale outlasted the Cornell women's tennis team for a 4-2 win in the consolation semifinals of the ECAC Indoor Championships on Saturday morning at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Ho and Mi teamed up to cruise to a 6-1 win at #3 doubles to start the day for Cornell (0-4) – the tournament's eighth seed – but fourth-seeded Yale (3-3) won the other two doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.
 
Ho (#5) and Mi (#1) then made quick work of their singles matches to bring the Big Red to a 2-1 lead. Meanwhile, Alexandra Savu won the first set of her match at #6 and the other three opening sets went to tiebreakers. Lauren Stein was able to win hers at #4, and the Big Red had a path to victory if it could repeat its success in the second sets.
 
The Bulldogs battled back. The only other two-setter went to the visitors at #3, and Katherine Nguyen reversed her fortunes in a second tiebreaker to force a third set at #2. But Yale went on to win the third set of the other two remaining matches to clinch the match.
 
The Big Red will wrap up tournament play at 8 a.m. Sunday against the loser of Saturday's match between sixth-seeded Brown and seventh-seeded Dartmouth.
 
YALE 4, CORNELL 2
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Lan Mi (C) def. Chelsea Kung, 6-2, 6-2
2. Katherine Nguyen (C) vs. Caroline Dunleavy, DNF (6-7(5), 7-6(5), 0-1)
3. Jessie Gong (Y) def. Maria Adiaconitei, 7-6(7), 6-2
4. Rhea Shrivastava (Y) def. Lauren Stein, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4
5. Valerie Ho (C) def. Vivian Chang, 6-3, 6-1
6. Kathy Wang (Y) def. Alexandra Savu, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3
Doubles
1. Gong/Kung (Y) def. Adiaconitei/Stein, 6-1
2. Dunleavy/Wang (Y) def. Savu/Wong, 7-5
3. Ho/Mi (C) def. Cheng/Kim, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2), Singles (5,1,3,4,6)