CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- After a pair of tight road victories to begin Ivy play, the Cornell women's tennis dropped a narrow 4-2 decision at Harvard on Sunday afternoon. The Big Red fell to 6-9 (2-1 Ivy) on the season, while Harvard won its sixth straight match and improved to 12-7 (3-0 Ivy),
After dropping the doubles point, the Big Red evened the match with a dominant 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles for
Lan Mi over Sophia Ho. Harvard took a momentary lead before Cornell evened it up again at 2-2 when
Lauren Stein earned a straight sets win at No. 3 over Holly Fischer, 6-2, 6-1. The Crimson won consecutive sets at No. 2 and 4 to clinch the win with
Maria Adiaconitei up in the third when her match was shut down.
The Big Red closes out non-conference season when it welcomes Binghamton to the Reis Tennis Center on Wednesday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
Harvard 4, Cornell 2
Doubles
1. Maxi Duncan/Holly Fischer (H) def.
Lauren Stein/
Jenny Wong (C), 6-0
2. Rachel Lim/Mihaela Marculescu (H) def.
Alexandra Savu/
Maria Adiaconitei (C), 6-2
3.
Valerie Ho/
Ashley Huang (C) vs. Angel You/Iveta Daujotaite (H), 2-5 DNF
Order of Finish: 1,2
Singles
1.
Lan Mi (C) def. Sophia Ho (H), 6-2, 6-0
2. Maxi Duncan (H) def.
Katherine Nguyen (C), 6-2, 6-1
3.
Lauren Stein (C) def. Holly Fischer (H), 6-2, 6-1
4. Rachel Arbitman (H) def.
Valerie Ho (C), 7-6(7-1), 6-0
5.
Maria Adiaconitei (C) vs. Rachel Eason (H), 6-1, 0-6, 3-0 DNF
6. Sany Gawande (H) def.
Jenny Wong (C) 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 3, 2,4
