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Yale Gets By Women's Tennis 4-3 in ECAC Final
February 15, 2009 | Women's Tennis
HANOVER, N.H. -- It came down to a tiebreaker for the Princeton women's tennis team in the ECAC Championship final against Yale, the defending Ivy League champion, and the Bulldogs prevailed.
Princeton picked up three-set wins from Lauren McHale and Rachel Saiontz at first and fourth singles and a straight-set win from Blakely Ashley at fifth, but those were Princeton's only points. Yale took a pair of 8-6 wins in first and third doubles to claim that point while also winning at third and sixth singles in straigth sets.
The match-tipping battle was at second singles, where Yale's Jessica Rhee prevailed in a third-set tiebreak to win the clinching fourth point.
Princeton will compete again Friday and Saturday with matches against St. John's, NJIT and Maryland.
Singles
1) Lauren McHale (P) def. Janet Kim (Y) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
2) Jessica Rhee (Y) def. Hilary Bartlett (P) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
3) Vicky Brook (Y) def. Taylor Marable (P) 6-4, 6-3
4) Rachel Saiontz (P) def. Stevi Petrelli (Y) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
5) Blakely Ashley (P) def. Sarah Lederhandler (Y) 6-4, 7-5
6) Lindsay Clark (Y) def. Rebecca Parks (P) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1) Kim/Rhee (Y) def. Bartlett/Marable (P) 8-6
2) McHale/R. Saiontz (P) def. Brook/Petrlli (Y) 9-8(4)
3) Lilian Nguyen/Lederhandler (Y) def. Ashley/Sarah Hoffman (P) 8-6