Princeton Takes Down Michigan State 4-1

Friday, February 13

Columbia University

2:00 PM

Princeton University

Michigan State

February 13, 2026 | Women's Tennis

The Princeton women's tennis team went into the Big Apple and came back with a Big Ten win.

The Tigers, playing on a neutral court at Columbia, took down Michigan State 4-1, improving to 7-1 while handing the Spartans their first loss in six matches. The match was the first away from home for either team.

Princeton won the doubles point, with a 6-1 win at No. 2 from Isabella Chhiv and Eva Elbaz followed quickly by a 6-2 win at No. 1 from Tsehay Driscoll and Pearlie Zhang. The Tigers took the first two singles matches to finish, as Zhang won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6 and Madeleine Jessup won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4.

Zhang's win continued her strong run dating to last weekend's ECAC Championships. In her last six matches between singles and doubles, the sophomore is now 5-0 with one doubles set that wasn't completed; in the other five matches, she has played seven sets, winning them all, and has not dropped more than two games in any of them.

After a Michigan State win at No. 5, Chhiv closed things out with a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 2.

Princeton is now off for eight days, until a pair of matches in Florida next weekend. a

Princeton 4, Michigan State 1
Singles
No. 1 Alice Ferlito (P) vs. Amara Brahmbhatt (M) 7-5, 3-6, 1-3 (DNF)
No. 2 Isabella Chhiv (P) def. Ellie Blackford 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 Eva Elbaz (P) vs. Matilde Morais 3-6, 6-3, 4-2 (DNF)
No. 4 Madeleine Jessup (P) def. Hanna Tsitavets 6-1,6-3
No. 5 Nina Plihal (M) def. Anna Maria Fedotova 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Pearlie Zhang (P) def. Issey Purser 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish 6, 5, 4, 2

Doubles
No. 1 Pearlie Zhang/Tsehay Driscoll (P) def. Ellie Blackford/Matilde Morais 6-2
No. 2 Isabella Chhiv/Eva Elbaz (P) def. Amara Brahmbhatt/Oriana Parkins-Goodwin 6-1
No. 3 Alice Ferlito/Maren Urata (P) vs. Nina Plihal/Issey Purser (M) 4-4 (DNF)
Order of finish: 2, 1