Princeton Hosts 2001 ECAC Women's Tennis Championships

Oct. 12, 2001

Princeton, N.J. - Kavitha Krishnamurthy (Jr. Oakville, Ontario) and Kristi Watson (Sr. Prairie Village, Kans.) were the lone Tigers to win singles matches against the Bulldogs, as Princeton fell to Yale, 5-2 in second round action of the 2001 ECAC women's tennis championships. Watson, teamed with Priya Bhupathi, (Sr. Staten Island, N.Y.) won their No. 2 doubles match but the Tigers dropped the No. 1 and No. 3 matches, allowing Yale to capture the doubles' point. Yale is the No. 4 seed in the tournament, Princeton is the No. 8 seed.

Earlier in the day the Tigers defeated the Hoyas of Georgetown, 7-0. Yale defeated Rutgers University 7-0 to advance to the second round. Princeton will face No. 6 Cornell at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow on the Pagoda Courts. Yale will face No. 1 Harvard at 2:30 at the Lenz Center.

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Princeton Results
Second Round
Yale University defeated Princeton University, 5-2

Doubles

1.Goldberg/Kaufman (Yale) def. Krishnamurthy/Bhargava (Princeton), 8-5
2.Bhupathi/Watson (Princeton) def. Hiniker/Oosterhuis (Yale), 8-5
3.White/Purcell (Yale) def. Arcario/Berg (Princeton), 8-4

Singles

1.Krishnamurthy (Princeton) def. Goldberg (Yale), 6-1, 6-0
2.Watson (Princeton) def. Kaufman (Yale), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (7)
3.Purcell (Yale) def. Bhupathi (Princeton), 6-0, 6-0
4.Hiniker (Yale) def. Bhargava (Princeton), 6-4, 6-2
5.Oosterhuis (Yale) def. Arcario (Princeton), 6-4, 6-1
6.White (Yale) def. Berg (Princeton), 6-1, 6-0


First Round

Princeton University defeated Georgetown University, 7-0

Doubles

1.Krishnamurthy/Bhargava (Princeton) def. Botjer/Kammerer (Georgetown), 8-4
2.Watson/Bhupathi (Princeton) def. Gelblum/Bartell (Georgetown), 8-3
3.Arcario/Berg (Princeton) def. Snow/Marshall (Georgetown), 8-1

Singles

1.Krishnamurthy (Princeton) def. Gelblum (Georgetown), 6-2, 6-4
2.Watson (Princeton) def. Bartell (Georgetown), 6-2, 6-2
3.Bhumpathi (Princeton) def. Botjer (Georgetown), 6-0, 6-1
4.Arcario (Princeton) def. Marshall (Georgetown), 6-1, 6-1
5.Berg (Princeton) def. Snow (Georgetown), 6-3, 6-3
6.McCoy (Princeton) def. Sutton (Georgetown), 6-2, 6-1

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