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ITA Northeast Regionals
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ITA Northeast Regionals Run Ends For Women's Tennis
10/21/2019 11:59:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Lions win 15 matches at ITA Northeast Regionals; Paulina Ferrari and Akanksha Bhan advance to Final Four of doubles, Melissa Sakar advances to Final Eight of singles.
WEST POINT, N.Y.—Columbia combined to win 15 matches at the 2019 ITA Northeast Division I Regional Championship this weekend at Army West Point. On Monday, the Lions' run came to an end as the doubles team of sophomore Akanksha Bhan and junior Paulina Ferrari and sophomore singles player Melissa Sakar both dropped semifinal matches in the challenging single-elimination tournament.
Bhan and Ferrari, who won four straight matches to advance in doubles competition, dropped a hard-fought 1-6, 6-1, 10-8 match to Yale's Caroline Dunleavy and Rhea Shrivastava on Monday. The duo advanced to the tournament's Final Four.
Sakar, who defeated No. 45 ranked Yufei Long of Boston College 6-1, 7-5 to advance to Monday's final eight, fell to Syracuse's Miranda Ramirez 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. Ramirez is the No. 64 ranked player in the country.
On Saturday, three Lions singles players—Bhan, Kerr, and Sakar—and one doubles team—Bhan and Ferrari—advanced to Sunday's quarterfinal rounds. Kerr and Bhan both dropped matches on Sunday.
Eight Columbia players were selected to compete this weekend. Six Lions competed in singles, along with three doubles teams including Main Draw singles players Bhan, Kerr, junior Christie Wan, Sakar, first-year Shivani Amineni, and first-year Michelle Xu. In Main Draw doubles, Columbia was represented by three teams: Bhan and Ferrari, Wan and Sakar, and Xu and first-year Julia Haynes.
Following are Columbia's results by day:
MONDAY RESULTS
Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
No. 64 Miranda Ramirez (Syracuse) def. Melissa Sakar (Col) 5-7. 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
Caroline Dunleavy/Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) def. Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) 1-6, 6-1, 10-8
SUNDAY RESULTS
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
No. 52 Samantha Martinelli (Yale) def. No. 116 Jennifer Kerr (Col) 6-2, 7-5
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. No. 45 Yufei Long (Boston College) 6-1, 7-5
Zoe Howard (Princeton) def. Akanksha Bhan (Col) 7-6 (5), 6-3
Doubles
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Conard/Hess (Dartmouth) 8-2
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferarri (Col) def. Gonzalez/Lim (Harvard) 8-2
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
No. 116 Jennifer Kerr (Col) def. Joleta Budiman (NJIT) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Maddie Brown (Hofstra) 6-4, 6-4
Shivani Amineni (Col) def. Martina Bocchi (UMass) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Mihaela Marculescu (Harvard) def. Michelle Xu (Col) 6-1, 6-1
Sofya Treshcheva (Syracuse) def. Christie Wan (Col) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Sibel Can (Lehigh) 7-5, 6-4Mira
Jennifer Kerr (Col) def. Devon Jack (Brown) 6-4, 6-2
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. No. 107 Stephanie Schrage (Princeton) 7-6 (3), 6-2
No. 64 Miranda Ramirez (Syracuse) def. Shivani Amineni (Col) 6-3, 6-3
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Sydney Jones (Rutgers) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Budiman/Matson (NJIT) 8-2
Howard/McKee (Princeton) def. Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) 8-2
Yaloz/Kim (Boston U.) def. Michelle Xu/Julia Hayes (Col) 8-3
FRIDAY RESULTS
Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
Michelle Xu (Col) def. Kim Hanson (Syracuse) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Doubles
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Gaby/Galu (Marist) 8-6
Michelle Xu/Julia Haynes (Col) def. Ramirez/Yusupova (Syracuse) 8-4
Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Ordonez/Genkova (St. John's) 8-4
Bhan and Ferrari, who won four straight matches to advance in doubles competition, dropped a hard-fought 1-6, 6-1, 10-8 match to Yale's Caroline Dunleavy and Rhea Shrivastava on Monday. The duo advanced to the tournament's Final Four.
Sakar, who defeated No. 45 ranked Yufei Long of Boston College 6-1, 7-5 to advance to Monday's final eight, fell to Syracuse's Miranda Ramirez 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. Ramirez is the No. 64 ranked player in the country.
On Saturday, three Lions singles players—Bhan, Kerr, and Sakar—and one doubles team—Bhan and Ferrari—advanced to Sunday's quarterfinal rounds. Kerr and Bhan both dropped matches on Sunday.
Eight Columbia players were selected to compete this weekend. Six Lions competed in singles, along with three doubles teams including Main Draw singles players Bhan, Kerr, junior Christie Wan, Sakar, first-year Shivani Amineni, and first-year Michelle Xu. In Main Draw doubles, Columbia was represented by three teams: Bhan and Ferrari, Wan and Sakar, and Xu and first-year Julia Haynes.
Following are Columbia's results by day:
MONDAY RESULTS
Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
No. 64 Miranda Ramirez (Syracuse) def. Melissa Sakar (Col) 5-7. 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
Caroline Dunleavy/Rhea Shrivastava (Yale) def. Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) 1-6, 6-1, 10-8
SUNDAY RESULTS
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
No. 52 Samantha Martinelli (Yale) def. No. 116 Jennifer Kerr (Col) 6-2, 7-5
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. No. 45 Yufei Long (Boston College) 6-1, 7-5
Zoe Howard (Princeton) def. Akanksha Bhan (Col) 7-6 (5), 6-3
Doubles
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Conard/Hess (Dartmouth) 8-2
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferarri (Col) def. Gonzalez/Lim (Harvard) 8-2
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
No. 116 Jennifer Kerr (Col) def. Joleta Budiman (NJIT) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Maddie Brown (Hofstra) 6-4, 6-4
Shivani Amineni (Col) def. Martina Bocchi (UMass) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Mihaela Marculescu (Harvard) def. Michelle Xu (Col) 6-1, 6-1
Sofya Treshcheva (Syracuse) def. Christie Wan (Col) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Sibel Can (Lehigh) 7-5, 6-4Mira
Jennifer Kerr (Col) def. Devon Jack (Brown) 6-4, 6-2
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. No. 107 Stephanie Schrage (Princeton) 7-6 (3), 6-2
No. 64 Miranda Ramirez (Syracuse) def. Shivani Amineni (Col) 6-3, 6-3
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Sydney Jones (Rutgers) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Budiman/Matson (NJIT) 8-2
Howard/McKee (Princeton) def. Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) 8-2
Yaloz/Kim (Boston U.) def. Michelle Xu/Julia Hayes (Col) 8-3
FRIDAY RESULTS
Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 | Malek Tennis Center | Army West Point, West Point, N.Y.
Singles
Michelle Xu (Col) def. Kim Hanson (Syracuse) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Doubles
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Gaby/Galu (Marist) 8-6
Michelle Xu/Julia Haynes (Col) def. Ramirez/Yusupova (Syracuse) 8-4
Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Ordonez/Genkova (St. John's) 8-4
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