Women’s Tennis Falls To No. 48 Princeton

Friday, April 7

New York, N.Y.

1:00 PM

Columbia University

#48 Princeton

4/7/2023 3:49:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

By: Garret Sulak

NEW YORK – No. 48 Princeton took a 4-0 win over Columbia on Friday afternoon at the Milstein Family Tennis Center. The Lions drop to 7-7 overall for the season with a 1-1 Ivy League mark.

Princeton got the afternoon started by taking the doubles point to grab a quick 1-0 lead. The Princeton duo of Zoe Howard and Maia Sung posted a 6-1 win over Rachele Rimondini and Shivani Amenini in the No. 2 doubles. The Lions answered back with a win in the No. 3 doubles as Winta Tewolde and Michelle Xu came back from an early 0-2 deficit to take a 6-3 win against Neha Velaga and Eva Elbaz.

The duo of Anna Zhang and Sophia Wang found themselves down early, 1-4 in the No. 1 doubles. The duo clawed back to make it a 4-4 match before Princeton's No. 31 ranked doubles team Daria Frayman and Grace Joyce fought through to earn a 6-4 win to clinch the doubles point for the Tigers.

The Tigers continued their success in singles play as they captured three-straight singles matches to complete the 4-0 sweep. Sung posted the first singles win for Princeton with a 6-2, 6-0 victory against Wang in the No. 4 singles.

No. 4 Frayman followed that up with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Zhang in the No. 1 singles. Velaga finished off the 4-0 sweep for the Tigers with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Julia Haynes in the No. 2 spot.

Tewolde, Clarine Lerby, and Fatima Keita were all leading at the time Princeton clinched the match, so their matches went unfinished.

Princeton vs. Columbia
April 7, 2023 – New York, N.Y.
Milstein Family Tennis Center

#48 Princeton 4, Columbia 0

Singles
1. #4 Daria Frayman (PRIN) def. Anna Zhang (COL) 6-2, 6-2
2. Neha Velaga (PRIN) def. Julia Haynes (COL) 6-4, 6-3
3. Winta Tewolde (COL) vs. Zoe Howard (PRIN) 7-6(7-3), 1-1, unfinished
4. Maia Sung (PRIN) def. Sophia Wang (COL) 6-2, 6-0
5. Clarine Lerby (COL) vs. Grace Joyce (PRIN) 6-4, 5-1, unfinished
6. Fatima Keita (COL) vs. Eva Elbaz (PRIN) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished

Doubles
1. #31 Daria Frayman/Grace Joyce (PRIN) def. Anna Zhang/Sophia Wang (COL) 6-4
2. Zoe Howard/Maia Sung (PRIN) def. Rachele Rimondini/Shivani Amineni (COL) 6-1
3. Winta Tewolde/Michelle Xu (COL) def. Neha Velaga/Eva Elbaz (PRIN) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,1,2)

UP NEXT

The Lions hit the road to finish off the weekend with an Ivy League match at Penn. First serve is set for 1 p.m. Sunday in Philadelphia.

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