HANOVER, N.H.—Despite singles wins from Jennifer Kerr, Melissa Sakar, and Michelle Xu, No 56 ranked Columbia women's tennis was defeated 4-3 on the road at Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon.
 
Dartmouth claimed the doubles point as it took two of the three matches. Katie Weber and Elizabeth Fahrmeier gave Dartmouth the advantage with a 6-4 win over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan and Melissa Sakar at No. 1 doubles, but the Lions' Jennifer Kerr and Shivani Amineni won a 7-5 decision at No. 3 over Chloe Yoo and Lexi Dewire. Dartmouth's Hess and Okpara followed with a hard-fought 7-6 (4) win at No. 2 over Winta Tewolde and Anna Zhang.
 
The Big Green took a 2-0 lead when Emily Zhou won a 6-3, 6-1 decision at No. 5 singles over Clarine Lerby. But the Lions battled back to tie the match a 2-2 when Melissa Sakar defeated Weber 6-2, 6-3 at No .3 singles, and Jennifer Kerr defeated Ashley Hess 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.
 
Dartmouth's Chidimma Okpara followed with a 7-5, 7-6 (4) win over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan at No. 1 singles and the Lions' Michelle Xu tied the match with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) win at No. 6 over Jingyi Peng.
 
Fahrmeier clinched the win for Dartmouth with a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5 win at No. 5 singles over Columbia's Julia Haynes. Dartmouth improved to 7-9 overall and 1-2 in Ivy League play.
 
Columbia (10-10, 0-3 Ivy League) gets back into action at home next weekend as it hosts Brown (Saturday) and Yale (Sunday). Both matches begin at 1 p.m. on their respective days.