Yale takes down Penn to claim ECAC Women’s Indoor Tennis title

Yale takes down Penn to claim ECAC Women’s Indoor Tennis title

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Tennis Championship came to an end on Sunday, with Yale defeating Penn 4-0 in the final to collect the conference crown. Yale entered the weekend seeded fifth but knocked off #4 Princeton in Friday’s first round and #8 Brown in the Semifinals on Saturday to punch a ticket to the title match.
 
The Bulldogs claimed the doubles point on Sunday with wins on Courts 1 and 3 before carrying the momentum over to singles action. Sophomore Angela Huang defeated Penn’s Varsha Vedula 6-1, 6-1 to give Yale a 2-0 advantage, and Julia Werdiger followed with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Court 3 to put the Bulldogs on the brink of a league championship.
 
Junior Orly Ogilvy came away with the clinching point after defeating Esha Velaga 6-2, 6-3 in the top singles flight, sending the Bulldogs into a frenzy. Yale went unbeaten in doubles competition for the weekend and dropped just one singles match, going a combined 15-1 over the last three days. 
 
The Bulldogs now stand at 7-1 on the young season, with the loss coming in the season opener at the hands of Stanford, who was ranked ninth nationally.   

Sunday Results
ECAC Indoor Championship: Yale def. Penn 4-0
  • Doubles (3, 1)
    1. Ogilvy/Friedman (Yale) def. Velaga/Saw (Penn) 6-1
    2. Urata/Tkachenko (Penn) vs. Ha/Huang (Yale) unfinished
    3. Aggarwal/Werdiger (Yale) def. Vedula/Stojanovski (Penn) 6-1
 
  • Singles (5, 3, 1)
    1. Ogilvy (Yale) def. Velaga (Penn) 6-2, 6-3
    2. Urata (Penn) vs. Friedman (Yale) unfinished
    3. Werdiger (Yale) def. Saw (Penn) 6-1, 6-2
    4. Stojanovski (Penn) vs. Aggarwal (Yale) unfinished
    5. Huang (Yale) def. Vedula (Penn) 6-1, 6-1
    6. Motlagh (Penn) vs. Lee (Yale) unfinished
 
3rd place match: Columbia def. Brown 4-1  
  • Doubles (2, 1, 3)
    1. Ben-Abraham/Shen (Brown) def. El Allami/Yin (Columbia) 7-6
    2. Krishnan/Lin (Columbia) def. Qin/Lee (Brown) 6-2
    3. Baek/Wang (Columbia) def. Maguy/Yang (Brown) 7-5
 
  • Singles (1, 4, 6, 2)
    1. Krishnan (Columbia) def. Maguy (Brown) 6-2, 6-2
    2. El Allami (Columbia) def. Shen (Brown) 0-6, 6-0, 6-3
    3. Wang (Columbia) vs. Ben-Abraham (Brown) unfinished
    4. Lee (Brown) def. Baek (Columbia) 6-3, 6-2
    5. Hui (Columbia) vs. Yang (Brown) unfinished
    6. Li (Columbia) def. Woo (Brown) 6-3, 6-3
 
5th place match: Princeton def. Cornell 4-0
  • Doubles (1, 3)
    1. Driscoll/Zhang (Princeton) def. Zhao/Marica (Cornell) 6-0
    2. Elbaz/Chhiv (Princeton) vs. Ryndin/Loudon (Cornell) unfinished
    3. Ferlito/Urata (Princeton) def. Baker/Gelber (Cornell) 6-0
 
  • Singles (6, 2, 3)
    1. Ferlito (Princeton) vs. Ryndin (Cornell) unfinished
    2. Chhiv (Princeton) def. Loudon (Cornell) 6-3, 6-3
    3. Elbaz (Princeton) def. Zhao (Cornell) 6-1, 7-5
    4. Jessup (Princeton) vs. Gelber (Cornell) unfinished
    5. Fedotova (Princeton) vs. Martinez (Cornell) unfinished
    6. Zhang (Princeton) def. Baker (Cornell) 6-0, 6-2
 
7th place match: Harvard def. Dartmouth 4-3  
  • Doubles (1, 2, 3)
    1. Yakoff/Karra (Harvard) def. Capuano/Moore (Dartmouth) 6-2
    2. Orlins/Grosjean (Dartmouth) def. Kim/Shao (Harvard) 6-4
    3. Wong/Lombardi (Dartmouth) def. Block/Rajaram (Harvard) 7-5
 
  • Singles (2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    1. Yakoff (Harvard) def. Capuano (Dartmouth) 7-6, 6-0
    2. Karra (Harvard) def. Moore (Dartmouth) 6-3, 6-3
    3. Shao (Harvard) def. Orlins (Dartmouth) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
    4. Han (Dartmouth) def. Serghi (Harvard) 6-1, 6-4
    5. Grosjean (Dartmouth) def. Kim (Harvard) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
    6. Braicu (Harvard) def. Lemcke (Dartmouth) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
  
Final Standings:
  1. Yale (ECAC Indoor Champion)
  2. Penn 
  3. Columbia
  4. Brown
  5. Princeton
  6. Cornell
  7. Harvard
  8. Dartmouth