BOSTON – Sophomores Lauren Stein and Jenny Wong battled to three-set victories in singles to help the Cornell women's tennis team finish off a 5-2 victory over Boston University on Sunday morning at Murr Center. It marked the fourth straight victory for Cornell (4-7).
 
After starting the day by securing the doubles point with matching 6-3 wins at the top and bottom positions, the Big Red again got strong performances from the top of its singles lineup to keep the lead. Freshman Lan Mi moved to 9-1 in duals from the #1 spot with a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 win, and senior Katherine Ngyuen delivered a similar victory from #2. BU (5-7) flexed its strength from the bottom half of the singles order for a couple straight-set victories to leave its deficit at 3-2 as the final two matches went third sets.
 
Stein had to battle back to even get to that point after dropping the first set at #3, but responded by winning at love in the second set. Wong never trailed at #5, answering a dropped second set with a 6-4 victory in the third.
 
Up next for the Big Red is its Ivy League debut against Columbia, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday in New York.
 
CORNELL 5, BOSTON UNIV. 2
At Murr Center; Boston
Singles
1. Lan Mi (C) def. Victoria Carlsten, 6-1, 6-2
2. Katherine Nguyen (C) def. Erica Di Battista, 6-2, 6-3
3. Lauren Stein (C) def. Shelly Yaloz, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
4. Michelle Kleynerman (BU) def. Valerie Ho, 6-0, 6-1
5. Jenny Wong (C) def. Emily Kim, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
6. Sydney Sharma (BU) def. Alexandra Savu, 6-3, 7-6
Doubles
1. Wong/Stein (C) def. Di Battista/Kim, 6-3
2. Kaitlin Tan/Yaloz (BU) def. Nguyen/Ho, 6-0
3. Mi/Savu (C) def. Carlsten/Kleynerman, 6-3