Princeton Shuts Out St. John's 4-0

Sunday, February 1

Princeton, N.J.

5:00 PM

Princeton University

St. John's

February 01, 2026 | Women's Tennis

As doubles points go, it doesn't get more dramatic than the one Sunday afternoon between the Princeton and St. John's women's tennis teams. Princeton won at No. 1. St. John's won at No. 3. That left it up to No. 2.

It wouldn't be until an hour had passed that Eva Elbaz and Isabella Chhiv would close out Alicia Gomez and Abi Redman 7-6, including 7-3 in the winner-take-the-point tiebreaker. Elbaz and Chhiv fought off three match points in the set and came from 3-0 down in the tiebreaker.

With that behind them, the Tigers then won the first three singles to finish, in straight sets, en route to a 4-0 win over the Red Storm at the Si Qin Family Indoor Tennis Center.

Princeton won the first set in all six singles matches and then picked up its first win at No. 1, as Alice Ferlito won 6-2, 6-3. Madeleine Jessup finished up her 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 4 about five minutes later, make it 3-0 Tigers. The deciding point came on Court 5, where Anna Maria Fedotova defeatred Redman 6-3, 6-4.

Princeton, now 4-0 on the season, will host the ECAC Championships this coming weekend.

Princeton 4, St. John's 0

Singles
No. 1 Alice Ferlito (P) d. Victoria Papadopoulou (SJU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Isabella Chhiv (P) vs. Noemi Babikova (SJU) DNF
No. 3 Eva Elbaz (P) vs. Nao Kojima (SJU) DNF
No. 4 Madeleine Jessup (P) d. Nicoline Sartz-Lunde (SJU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Anna Maria Fedotova (P) vs. Abi Redman (SJU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Tsehay Driscoll (P) vs. Charlotta Buss (SJU) DNF
Order of finish: 1,4,5

Doubles
No. 1 Noemi Babikova/Victoria Papadopoulou (SJ) d. Tsehay Driscoll/Madeleine Jessup 6-1
No. 2 Isabella Chhiv/Eva Elbaz (P) d. Alicia Gomez/Abi Redman 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 Alice Ferlito/Maren Urata (P) d. Charlotta Buss/Nao Kojima 6-3
Order of finish: 1,3,2