HANOVER, N.H. – The 43^rd-ranked Columbia women's tennis team earned a 4-1 road win over Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon to improve to 15-4 overall and 3-1 in Ivy League matches this season.
 
Columbia will meet No. 39 Harvard on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in an important match in the chase for an Ivy League Championship.
 
The Lions captured the doubles point to take an early lead. The duo of Gayathri Krishnan and Sophia Strugnell earned a 6-2 win over Peyton Capuano and Michela Moore in the No. 2 spot. Rachele Rimondini and Fatima Keita then posted a 6-4 win against Caroline Lemcke and Brooke Hess in the No. 3 doubles.
 
Keita, Krishnan and Winta Tewolde earned singles victories to clinch the team victory. Keita took down Moore in the No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-3. Krishnan won a 6-2, 6-0 match against Elizabeth Fahrmeier in the No. 4 spot. Tewolde took a 6-2, 6-3 win over Lemcke in the No. 5 spot.
 
RESULTS
#43 Columbia 4, Dartmouth 1
 
DOUBLES
Elizabeth Fahrmeier/Lexi Dewire (Dartmouth) def. Anna Zhang/Sophia Wang (Columbia), 6-4
Gayathri Krishan/Sophia Strugnell (Columbia) def. Peyton Capuano/Michela Moore (Dartmouth), 6-2
Rachele Rimondini/Fatima Keita (Columbia) def. Caroline Lemcke/Brooke Hess (Dartmouth), 6-4
 
SINGLES
Peyton Capuano (Dartmouth) def. Anna Zhang (Columbia), 6-4, 4-2, retirement
Fatima Keita (Columbia) def. Michela Moore (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
Julia Haynes (Columbia) vs. Lexi Dewire (Dartmouth), 6-2, 3-2, unfinished
Gayathri Krishan (Columbia) def. Elizabeth Fahrmeier (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-0
Winta Tewolde (Columbia) def. Caroline Lemcke (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
Sophia Wang (Columbia) vs. Brooke Hess (Dartmouth), 7-5, 3-2, unfinished
 
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