HANOVER, N.H. -- The Cornell women's tennis team rallied from a 3-2 deficit with consecutive three set victories to claim a 4-3 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon. Cornell upped its record to 6-8 (2-0 Ivy) after its second straight 4-3 road win to begin conference play. The Big Green fell to 6-9 (0-2 Ivy) with the loss.
Dartmouth led 1-0 after picking up the doubles point despite a victory at No. 1 by
Lauren Stein and
Jenny Wong, 6-2. Dartmouth picked up a win at No. 2 to even the slate, but the home team gained a 1-0 lead after claiming a tiebreaker victory at No. 3.
The teams split the first four singles matches that finished, including
Lan Mi's 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles. With No, 3 and No. 6 singles still to be finished,
Lauren Stein closed out the third set 6-1, completing a rally after dropping the first 7-5. Wong then clinched the victory at No. 6 with her 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 triumph.
The Big Red returns to action at Harvard on Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+.
Cornell 4, Dartmouth 3
Doubles
1.
Lauren Stein/
Jenny Wong (Cornell) def. Katie Weber/Elizabeth Fahrmeier (Dartmouth), 6-2
2. Ashley Hess/Chidimma Okpara (Dartmouth) def.
Maria Adiaconitei/
Alexandra Savu (Cornell), 6-4
3. Lexi Dewire/Emily Zhou (Dartmouth) def.
Ashley Huang/
Valerie Ho (Cornell), 7-6(3)
Order of finish: 1,2,3
Singles
1.
Lan Mi (Cornell) def. Chidimma Okpara (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-3
2. Ashley Hess (Dartmouth) def.
Katherine Nguyen (Cornell), 6-2, 7-6(3)
3.
Lauren Stein (Cornell) def. Katie Weber (Dartmouth), 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
4. Elizabeth Fahrmeier (Dartmouth) def.
Valerie Ho (Cornell), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
5.
Maria Adiaconitei (Cornell) def. Emily Zhou (Dartmouth), 7-5, 6-2
6.
Jenny Wong (Cornell) def. Jingyi Peng (Dartmouth), 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 1,5,2,4,3,6