SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Columbia women's tennis team lost its road contest at Notre Dame, 5-2 Sunday afternoon. Columbia moves to 2-1 overall for the season.
 
Notre Dame took the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 2 spots. Page Freeman and Carrie Beckman defeated Anna Zhang and Sophia Wang, 6-4 in the No. 1 doubles. Julia Andreach and Yashna Yellayi posted a 7-5 win against Winta Tewolde and Rachele Rimondini in the No. 2 doubles.
 
Gayathri Krishnan and Sophia Strugnell found some success in the No. 3 doubles as the duo took a 6-2 win over Nibi Ghosh and Bojana Pozder.
 
Notre Dame won four of the six singles matches to cap off the 5-2 victory. Freeman defeated Julia Haynes in the No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-3. Andreach took a 6-2, 6-2 win against Krishnan in the No. 2 spot. Pozder posted a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Fatima Keita in the No. 4 spot. Ghosh earned a 6-2, 6-4 win against Salma Farhat in the No. 6 singles.
 
Zhang and Wang earned Columbia's two singles victories. Zhang took a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Beckman in the No. 3 singles. Wang took down Akaria Matsuno in the No. 5 singles, 7-5, 1-6, [10-7].
 
RESULTS
Notre Dame 5, Columbia 2
 
DOUBLES
1 – Page Freeman/Carrie Beckman (ND) def. Anna Zhang/Sophia Wang (COL), 6-4
2 – Julia Andreach/Yashna Yellayi (ND) def. Winta Tewolde/Rachele Rimondini (COL), 7-5
3 – Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Nibi Ghosh/Bojana Pozder (ND), 6-2
 
SINGLES
1 – Page Freeman (ND) def. Julia Haynes (COL), 6-2, 6-3
2 – Julia Andreach (ND) def. Gayathri Krishnan (COL), 6-2, 6-2
3 – Anna Zhang (COL) def. Carrie Beckman (ND), 6-2, 6-2
4 – Bojana Pozder (ND) def. Fatima Keita (COL), 6-4, 6-2
5 – Sophia Wang (COL) def. Akari Matsuno (ND), 7-5, 1-6, [10-7]
6 – Nibi Ghosh (ND) def. Salma Farhat (COL), 6-2, 6-4
 
UP NEXT
Columbia returns home to host Penn State on Saturday at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center. First serve is set for 1 p.m.
 
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