PRINCETON, N.J. – The Yale women's tennis team continued to roll on Friday, picking up its fourth straight victory with a 4-1 win over No. 4 Princeton in the ECAC Indoor Championship opener at Lenz Tennis Center.
The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead, claiming the doubles point behind strong performances from the pairs of
Orly Ogilvy and
Leena Friedman, and
Erin Ha and
Angela Huang. Yale carried that momentum into singles play, where Ogilvy,
Julia Werdiger, and Huang earned victories to clinch the match.
Doubles
- Ogilvy/Friedman (Yale) def. Pearlie Zhang/Tsehay Driscoll (Princeton) 6-2
- Ha/Huang (Yale) def. Maren Urata/Alice Ferlito (Princeton) 6-3
- Shyla Aggarwal/Werdiger (Yale) vs. Eva Elbaz/Bella Chhiv (Princeton) 4-3 unfinished
Singles
- Ogilvy (Yale) def. Ferlito (Princeton) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Chhiv (Princeton) def. Friedman (Yale) 6-4, 7-6 (1)
- Werdiger (Yale) def. Elbaz (Princeton) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
- Madeline Jessup (Princeton) vs. Aggarwal (Yale) 7-5, 6-5 unfinished
- Huang (Yale) def. Anna Maria Fedotova (Princeton) 6-1, 7-5
- Rachel Lee (Yale) vs. Zhang (Princeton) 7-6 (5), 4-4 unfinished
Up Next
The Bulldogs will face No. 8 Brown in the semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m.
