NEW YORK – The Columbia women's tennis team got the fall season started this weekend by hosting the Columbia Invitational at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center. Columbia won 33 of its 37 total matches over three days in a strong performance to open the fall slate.
 
The Lions rolled through the first day of competition playing matches against Stony Brook on Friday. The Lions took all four doubles matches before prevailing in all nine singles matches.
 
Columbia met Ivy League foe Cornell in action Saturday. The Lions used a strong doubles performance to win all five doubles matches against the Big Red. The momentum carried into singles action as Columbia took eight of nine singles matches.
 
Columbia faced its final test Sunday with competition against Indiana. The Lions again shined in doubles action by winning three of four doubles matches. Columbia closed out the final day of action by winning four of six singles matches against the Hoosiers.
 
Coming off the US Open Junior Doubles title, first-year Malak El Allami put on an impressive performance all weekend. El Allami partnered with Fatima Keita to secure three doubles victories this weekend. El Allami also went 3-0 in singles play this weekend without dropping a set. Amber Yin and Sophia Wang were the only other doubles team to win three matches this weekend in a dominant doubles display for the Lions. On the singles side, Gayathri Krishnan and Yin also achieved a 3-0 mark in singles action this weekend.
 
DAY 1 RESULTS
Columbia / Stony Brook
Doubles
Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Mia Palladino/Elena Lobo Corral (SBU), 6-1
Malak El Allami/Fatima Keita (COL) def. Lorin Tilipman/Kristi Boro (SBU), 6-2
Amber Yin/Sophia Wang (COL) def. Cornelia Bruu-Syversen/Sara Annamaria Medved (SBU), 6-1
Salma Farhat/Carolyn Brodsky (COL) def. Isadora Fares/Mila Charles (SBU), 6-4
 
Singles
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Mia Palladino (SBU), 6-0, 6-1
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Elena Lobo Corral (SBU), 6-1, 6-2
Winta Tewolde (COL) def. Lorin Tilipman (SBU), 6-0, 6-2
Amber Yin (COL) def. Kristi Boro (SBU), 6-1, 6-2
Sophia Wang (COL) def. Cornelia Bruu-Syversen (SBU), 6-2, 6-2
Emily Baek (COL) def. Sara Annamaria Medved (SBU), 6-2, 6-0
Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Isadora Fares (SBU), 6-1, 6-2
Clarine Lerby (COL) def. Mila Charles (SBU), 7-5, 7-5
Carolyn Brodsky (COL) def. Maria Perez (SBU), 6-1, 7-5
 
DAY 2 RESULTS
Columbia / Cornell
Doubles
Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Michelle Ryndin/Jenny Wong (COR) 6-4
Malak El Allami/Fatima Keita (COL) def. Emma Baker/Sage Loudon (COR) 6-0
Amber Yin/Sophia Wang (COL) def. Alex Savu/Victoria Zhao (COR) 6-0
Winta Tewolde/Clarine Lerby (COL) def. Andrea Martinez/Martina Marica (COR) 6-2
Emily Baek/Salma Farhat (COL) def. Tanya Fan/Seychelle Balog (COR) 6-1
 
Singles
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Michelle Ryndin (COR) 6-2, 6-1
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Victoria Zhao (COR) 6-2, 6-2
Fatima Keita (COL) def. Sage Loudon (COR) 6-2, 0-6, [10-7]
Amber Yin (COL) def. Emma Baker (COR) 6-4, 6-1
Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Jenny Wong (COR) 7-5, 6-2
Sophia Wang (COL) def. Andrea Martinez (COR) 6-3, 6-3
Emily Baek (COL) def. Alex Savu (COR) 7-5, 6-2
Salma Farhat (COL) def. Martina Marica (COR) 6-1, 6-1
Seychelle Balog (COR) def. Clarine Lerby (COL) 5-7, 6-4, [10-8]
 
DAY 3 RESULTS
Columbia / Indiana
Doubles
Lara Schneider/Nicole Teodesescu (IU) def. Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) 6-4
Fatima Keita/Malak El Allami (COL) def. Elisabeth Dunac/Magdalena Swierczynska (IU) 6-0
Amber Yin/Sophia Wang (COL) def. Li Hsin Lin/Marina Fuduric (IU) 6-2
Emily Baek/Salma Farhat (COL) def. Nicole Sifuentes/Sarah L'allier (IU) 6-3
 
Singles
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Marina Fuduric (IU) 6-1, 6-2
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Nicole Teodesescu (IU) 3-6, 6-4, [10-4]
Fatima Keita (COL) def. Lara Schneider (IU) 6-2, 7-6(3)
Amber Yin (COL) def. Li Hsin Lin (IU) 6-1, 6-1
Nicole Sifuentes (IU) def. Salma Farhat (COL) 6-4, 6-2
Elisabeth Dunac (IU) def. Emily Baek (COL) 1-6, 6-4, [15-13]
 
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