Princeton Falls To Yale In ECAC Championship Opener

Friday, February 6

Princeton, NJ

11:00 AM

Princeton University

Yale

Photo by: Sean Cameron

Princeton Falls To Yale In ECAC Championship Opener

February 06, 2026 | Women's Tennis

It'll be an early Saturday for the higher seeds in the upper bracket at the ECAC women's tennis championships at the Si Qin Family Indoor Tennis Center.

Both of the higher seeds lost in the first round Friday, including fourth seed Princeton, who dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 5 Yale to move into the consolation round. Princeton's opponent Saturday morning at 8 am will be Harvard, the top seed, who fell 4-3 to No. 8 Brown in the first match of the tournament.

After Yale won the doubles point, the teams played through some very close singles matches, where the Bulldogs won two in three sets and another in straight sets that required a rally from 5-2 down in the second. Princeton's point came from Isabella Chhiv at No. 2, who won her match 6-4, 7-6 over Leena Friedman.

Princeton's Madeleine Jessup was up 7-5, 6-5 and 30-love at No. 4 when the match was discontinued.

Yale 4, Princeton 3
Singles
No. 1 Alice Ferlito (P) vs. Orly Ogilvy (Y)
No. 2 Isabella Chhiv (P) def. Leena Friedman 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
No. 3 Julia Werdiger (Y) def. Eva Elbaz 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
No. 4 Madeleine Jessup (P) vs. Shyla Aggarwal (Y) 7-5, 6-5 (DNF)
No. 5 Angela Huang (Y) def. Anna Maria Fedotova 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 Rachel Lee (Y) vs. Pearlie Zhang 7-6 (7-5), 4-4 (DNF)
Order of finish: 5, 3, 2, 1

Doubles
No. 1 Leena Friedman/Orly Ogilvy (Y) def. Tsehay Driscoll/Pearlie Zhang 6-2
No. 2 Erin Ha/Angela Huang (Y) def. Alice Ferlito/Maren Urata 6-3
No. 3 Shyla Aggarwal/Julia Werdiger (Y) vs. Eva Elbaz/Isabella Chhiv 4-3 (DNF)
Order of finish: 1,2