Columbia
Princeton Invitational
Women's Tennis Competes at Princeton Invitational
10/5/2014 11:32:00 PM | Women's Tennis
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Lions doubles teams put on impressive showings as the Columbia women's tennis team continued its fall slate at the Princeton Invitational at the Tigers' Lenz Tennis Courts in Princeton, New Jersey, this weekend.
Two Lions tandems posted 1-2 records in the weekend event. Junior Kanika Vaidya and first-year Alexandra Solovyev downed South Carolina's pair of Katie Fosnacht and Alex Martin (8-1), but fell to Duke's pair of Annie Mulholland and Samantha Harris (8-3) and Princeton's Amanda Muliawan and Emily Hahn (8-2). The first-year duo of Rima Asatrian and Adi Milstein bested Alison Mills (South Carolina) and Emily Saffron (BC), 8-3, before falling to Rachel Kahan and Rebecca Smaller (Duke), 8-7 (2) and Joan Cannon and Caroline Joyce of Princeton, 8-5.
Vaidya also teammed up with Asatrian on the doubles court. The 41st-ranked pair beat Penn's Sonya Latycheva and Kana Daniel.
In singles, Alice Song led the way for Columbia with a 2-1 record while five Lions posted idential marks as Vaidya, the 85th-ranked player, Asatrian, Vivian Cheng, Solovyev and Milestein each posted 2-2 records.
After a two week break, Columbia returns to action at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships Oct. 17-21 at New Haven, Connecticut.
Singles
No. 85 Kanika Vaidya 2-2
lost to Amanda Muliawan (Princeton) 6-3, 6-3
lost to Samantha Harris (Duke), 7-5, 6-3
def. Alex Martin (South Carolina) 6-0, 6-0
def. Kana Daniel (Penn) 7-5, 2-0 (ret.)
Rima Asatrian 2-2
lost to Dorothy Tang (Princeton) 6-2, 6-4
lost to Rachel Kahan (Duke) 6-1, 6-4
def. Emily Safron (BC) 6-1, 6-2
def. Sonya Latycheva (Penn) 4-3, ret.
Alexandra Solovyev 2-2
lost to Katrine Steffensen (Princeton) 6-3, 6-4
lost to Annie Mulholland (Duke) 7-5, 6-7, 10-6
def. to Katie Fostnacht (SC) 7-6, 6-3
def. Alexandra Ion (Penn) 6-4, 6-2
Adi Milstein 2-2
lost to Carolina Joyce (Princeton) 6-2, 6-4
lost to Rebecca Smaller (Duke) 6-1, 6-3
def. to Allison Mills (SC) 6-1, 6-0
def. Nicole Berkman (Penn) 6-1, 6-2
Vivian Cheng 2-2
lost to Emily Hahn (Princeton) 6-4, 6-4
def. Heini Salonen (BC) 1-6, 1-3 (ret. inj.)
def. to Nicole Berkman (Penn) 6-3, 6-1
lost to Rebecca Smaller (Duke) 6-3, 6-3
Nada Zaher 0-2
lost to Katie Goepel (Princeton) 6-4, 7-5
lost to Sara Goodwin (Princeton) 6-1, 6-3
Lindsey Mendelson 0-1
lost to Sara Goodwin (Princeton) 6-4, 6-1
Alice Song 2-1
def. Nicole Berkman (Penn) 7-5, 6-4
def. Joan Cannon (Princeton)
lost to Sara Goodwin (Princeton) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 41 Kanika/Asatrian 1-0
def. Latycheva/Danel (Penn) 8-4
Milstein/Soloyev 0-1
lost to Ion/Qostal (Penn) 8-4
Cheng/Song 0-1
lost to Vazhenina/Berkman (Penn) 8-5
Vaidya/Soloyev 1-2
def. Fosnacht/Martin (South Carolina) 8-1
lost to Mulholland/Harris (Duke) 8-3
lost to Amanda Muliawan/Emily Hahn (Princeton) 8-2
Asatrian/Milstein 1-2
def. Ali Mills (South Carolina)/Saffron (BC) 8-3
lost to Kahan/Smaller (Duke) 8-7 (2)
lost to Joan Cannon/Caroline Joyce (Princeton) 8-5
Cheng/Zaher 0-1
lost to Goepel/Joyce (Princeton) 8-3
Cheng/Li 0-1
lost to Sara Goodwin/Katrine Steffensen (Princeton) 8-5
Mendelson/Zaher 0-1
lost to Katie Goepel/Emily Hahn (Princeton) 8-3
