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No. 17 Harvard Defeats Princeton in Women's Tennis, 7-0
April 16, 2005 | Women's Tennis
April 16, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A Harvard women's tennis team that features three players ranked in the top 65 nationally lost just 20 games in six singles victories on the way to a 7-0 win over Princeton in an Ivy League match played at the Beren Tennis Center Saturday afternoon.
Harvard, ranked No. 17 nationally as a team, improved to 4-0 in Ivy League play. The Tigers fell to 3-2 in the league heading into matches against Cornell and Columbia next weekend.
Despite a strong performance from Jessica Siebel and Ivana King at No. 1 doubles, Harvard held on for an 8-6 victory there that clinched the doubles point.
Siebel faced 47th-ranked Courtney Bergman at No. 1 singles, while Darcy Robertson faced No. 63 Susanna Lingman at No. 2. Joanna Roth fell to 57th-ranked Preethi Mukundan at No. 5.
Princeton nearly won the No. 3 doubles match, with Alison Hashmall and Laura Trimble taking Melissa Anderson and Stephanie Schnitter to the limit before falling 9-7.
No. 17 Harvard 7, Princeton 0
Doubles
1. Courtney Bergman/Elsa O'Riain (H) def. Jessica Siebel/Ivana King (P), 8-6
2. Susanna Lingman/Eva Wang (H) def. Darcy Robertson/Joanna Roth (P), 8-3
3. Melissa Anderson/Stephanie Schnitter (H) def. Alison Hashmall/Laura Trimble (P). 9-7
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
1. No. 47 Courtney Bergman (H) def. Jessica Siebel (P), 6-1, 6-1 2. No. 63 Susanna Lingman (H) def. Darcy Robertson (P), 6-2, 6-1
3. Alexis Martire (H) def. Alison Hashmall (P), 6-1, 6-3
4. Melissa Anderson (H) def. Ivana King (P), 6-3, 6-3
5. No. 57 Preethi Mukundan (H) def. Joanna Roth (P), 6-0, 6-3
6. Stephanie Schnitter (H) def. Laura Trimble (P), 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 4