NEW YORK—Coming off its 2020 ECAC Indoor Championship, the Columbia Women's Tennis Team gets back into action with three matches this week as it hosts Fairfield on Wednesday (4 p.m.), travels to Syracuse for a Friday 3 p.m. matchup, then hosts Washington State on Sunday (1 p.m.) at Dick Savitt Tennis Center.
 
Currently riding a four-match win streak, Columbia enters its week with a 6-2 overall record. The Lions are coming off three straight victories in the ECAC Championship from Feb. 7-9 which included victories over Brown (4-0), Harvard (4-1) and Yale (4-3) on consecutive days.
 
Six Lions have reached double figures in singles victories including sophomore Melissa Sakar (18-2), sophomore Akanksha Bhan (15-7), first-year Michelle Xu (15-4), first-year Julia Haynes (14-3), junior Jennifer Kerr (14-4) and first-year Shivani Amineni (14-4). In doubles, the Lions are led by Bhan and junior Paulina Ferrari (11-6) and Kerr and Amineni (8-2).
 
Fairfield (2-3) enters the weekend after dropping back-to-back matches. The Stags won last year's 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament. Syracuse is 6-0 and features No. 76 ranked Guzai Yusupova in singles. Washington State (3-1) plays at Fresno State on Thursday before traveling to New York City.
 
The full weekend schedule is below.
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Day, Date	Opponent	Time, Venue
Wednesday, Feb. 19	vs. Fairfield	4 p.m., Dick Savitt Tennis Center
Friday, Feb. 21	at Syracuse	3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 23	vs. Washington State	1 p.m., Dick Savitt Tennis Center