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Women's Tennis Wins 5-2 Thriller Over Cornell

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Milena Kachar and Angela Hendry rallied from one-set deficits to give Columbia a hard-fought 5-2 victory over Cornell at the Richard Savitt

Tennis Center.

The Lions dropped the doubles point, and went into the singles down 1-0.

First-years went to work quickly, picking up wins at No. 6, No. 5 and No. 3.

Lauren Shearer was first to finish, winning at No. 6, 6-3, 6-1. Fellow first-year Nina Suda followed closely behind, winning at No. 5, 7-6, 6-0. Sydney Murray rounded

out the Lions that were done in two sets, winning at No. 3, 6-1, 7-5.

Leading 3-1, the Lions looked for a win amongst their No. 1, 2 or 4 players, all of which went down one set to none.

Molly Condit dropped the first set 6-3, but battled back to win the second 6-4 against Suda's sister, Nisha, who is a junior at Cornell. She was up 2-1 in the third when

teammate Angela Hendry battled back from a 6-2 first-set-loss, to take her second set 6-4.

Kachar lost her first set 4-6 and battled back to take set two, 7-5.

Condit dropped a tough third set 6-4, but the Lions led 3-2. Hendry went up 5-2 in her third set, but Kachar was leading by one, 4-3. Kachar charged, and took the

final two points for the 6-3 win to clinch the match.

Hendry was up 5-3, 30-0, before Kasia Preneta was forced to retire because of an injury.

The Lions are now 9-5, 1-0 Ivy League.

The Lions return to action on Friday, April 7 at Dartmouth at 3 p.m. and follow at Harvard at noon on April 8.

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Players Mentioned

Molly Condit

Molly Condit

5' 5"
Senior
Angela Hendry

Angela Hendry

5' 8"
Sophomore
Milena Kachar

Milena Kachar

5' 8"
Junior
Sydney Murray

Sydney Murray

5' 7"
Graduate Student
Lauren Shearer

Lauren Shearer

5' 7"
Graduate Student
Nina Suda

Nina Suda

5' 3"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Molly Condit

Molly Condit

5' 5"
Senior
Angela Hendry

Angela Hendry

5' 8"
Sophomore
Milena Kachar

Milena Kachar

5' 8"
Junior
Sydney Murray

Sydney Murray

5' 7"
Graduate Student
Lauren Shearer

Lauren Shearer

5' 7"
Graduate Student
Nina Suda

Nina Suda

5' 3"
Graduate Student