Friday, March 18
San Diego, Calif.
10:00 A.M.
Columbia University
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No. 40 San Diego
Photo by: Mike McLaughlin
No. 38 Lions Edged by No. 40 San Diego 4-3
3/18/2022 7:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Columbia (10-5) plays its fifth consecutive nationally ranked opponent; Jennifer Kerr, Julia Haynes and Michelle Xu all secure singles wins.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. —The No. 38 ranked Columbia Women's Tennis team dropped a close 4-3 decision to host and No. 40 ranked San Diego Friday afternoon at San Diego's Hogan Center. The loss drops Columbia to 10-5 on the year as it opens Ivy League competition next Saturday. San Diego improves to 9-3 on the year.
San Diego captured the doubles point by winning two of the three matches. C. De Las Heras and Elizabeth Goldsmith won a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan and Melissa Sakar. Then Anna Zhang and Winta Tewolde claimed a 6-3 win at No. 3 of USD's Abigail Desiatnikov and Jessi Muliat. But San Diego's Solymar Colling and Jordyn McBride defeated Columbia's Rachele Rimondini and Shivani Amineni in a hard-fought 7-5 decision.
The Toreros went up 3-0 when Colling (No. 78) won a 6-2, 6-1 decision over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan (No. 121) at No. 1 singles and Goldsmith claimed a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 2 over Columbia's Anna Zhang.
Columbia's Jennifer Kerr put the Lions on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles over USD's Desiatnikov (No. 125) and Columbia's Julia Haynes cut the Lions' deficit to 3-2 with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 5 over De Las Heras.
But the host Toreros clinched the close victory when McBride won a 6-3, 6-3 decision at No. 4 singles over Columbia's Sakar. Columbia's Michelle Xu made it 4-3 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No .6 over USD's Victoria Kalaitzis.
Columbia opens Ivy League play on Saturday, March 26 vs. Cornell.
San Diego captured the doubles point by winning two of the three matches. C. De Las Heras and Elizabeth Goldsmith won a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan and Melissa Sakar. Then Anna Zhang and Winta Tewolde claimed a 6-3 win at No. 3 of USD's Abigail Desiatnikov and Jessi Muliat. But San Diego's Solymar Colling and Jordyn McBride defeated Columbia's Rachele Rimondini and Shivani Amineni in a hard-fought 7-5 decision.
The Toreros went up 3-0 when Colling (No. 78) won a 6-2, 6-1 decision over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan (No. 121) at No. 1 singles and Goldsmith claimed a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 2 over Columbia's Anna Zhang.
Columbia's Jennifer Kerr put the Lions on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles over USD's Desiatnikov (No. 125) and Columbia's Julia Haynes cut the Lions' deficit to 3-2 with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 5 over De Las Heras.
But the host Toreros clinched the close victory when McBride won a 6-3, 6-3 decision at No. 4 singles over Columbia's Sakar. Columbia's Michelle Xu made it 4-3 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No .6 over USD's Victoria Kalaitzis.
Columbia opens Ivy League play on Saturday, March 26 vs. Cornell.
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