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Tigers Fall to 15th-Ranked Harvard in Women's Tennis, 7-0
April 15, 2006 | Women's Tennis
April 15, 2006
15th-ranked Harvard won all six singles matches in straight sets and took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2 on the way to a 7-0 victory over Princeton in a women's tennis match played at the Lenz Tennis Center Saturday afternoon.
Princeton (8-9, 2-3 Ivy) got a victory at No. 3 doubles, where the team of Darcy Robertson and Joanna Roth defeated Harvard's Laura Peterzan and Catriona Matthew by an 8-5 score.
Harvard, which improved to 15-6 overall and 4-0 in Ivy play, lost just five combined games in wins at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to take the doubles point. The Crimson also got big wins in singles from two nationally-ranked players, 6-1 and 6-1 by No. 72 Melissa Anderson at No. 4 and 6-3, 6-0 by 115th-ranked Elsa O'Riain at No. 2.
Princeton took two sets to tiebreaks in singles. Robertson took the first set to a tiebreak against Eva Wang at No. 1 before falling 6-3 in the second, while Christine Kansky had a tiebreak with Stephanie Schnitter at No. 5 before falling in the second set.
The Tigers play Columbia in their home finale Friday afternoon.
#15 Harvard 7, Princeton 0
April 15, 2006
Lenz Tennis Center
Doubles
1. #2 Elsa O'Riain/Melissa Anderson (Harvard) def. Jessica Siebel/Ivana King (Princeton) 8-3
2. Eva Wang/Stephanie Schnitter (Harvard) def. Christine Kansky/Rankin Williams (Princeton) 8-2
3. Darcy Robertson/Joanna Roth (Princeton) def. Laura Peterzan/Catriona Stewart (Harvard) 8-5
Harvard leads 1-0. Order: 2,1*,3
Singles
1. Wang (Harvard) def. Robertson (Princeton) 7-6, 6-3
2. #115 O'Riain (Harvard) def. Siebel (Princeton) 6-3, 6-0 3. Peterzan (Harvard) def. King (Princeton) 6-4, 6-2
4. #72 Anderson (Harvard) def. Alison Hashmall (Princeton) 6-1, 6-1
5. Schnitter (Harvard) def. Kansky (Princeton) 7-6(5), 6-1
6. Cindy Chu (Harvard) def. Roth (Princeton) 6-3, 6-4
Order: 2,4,3*,5,6,1