NEW YORK – The 69^th-ranked women's tennis team returns to action on Friday when it travels across the country to take on 65^th-ranked Cal Poly at the Ronca Tennis Center in San Luis Obispo.
Friday's match against the Mustangs is scheduled to begin on Friday at 3:00 p.m. ET.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
There will not be any video on Friday, but fans can follow the action live via live stats.
 
LIONS IN THE ITA RANKINGS
Columbia retains its No. 69 spot in this week's edition of the ITA Rankings released earlier this week.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Lions sit at 8-5 following a 5-2 defeat at the hands of No. 43 Rice last Saturday inside the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
Columbia took control of the momentum early Saturday by winning the doubles point. Sophia Wang and Emily Baek posted a 6-1 victory over Divna Ratkovic and Valentina Ponce in the No. 3 spot. The duo of Gayathri Krishnan and Sophia Strugnell took down 80^th-ranked Saara Orav and Francesca Maguina, 6-3 in the No. 2 doubles to clinch the doubles point for Columbia.
 
Rice responded with two wins to begin singles play as the Owls took a 2-1 team lead. Dara Schwartzman earned a 6-3, 6-2 win against Malak El Allami in the top singles match. Maguina followed that up with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Fatima Keita in the No. 3 singles to put the Owls in front as a team.
 
Columbia briefly leveled the team score, 2-2 when Winta Tewolde finished off a 6-2, 6-4 win against Allison Zipoli in the No. 5 spot. However, Rice regained control with a win in the No. 2 singles as Ratkovic got past Krishnan, 6-4, 6-3. The Owls clinched the team victory with Nithesa Selvaraj's 6-2, 6-4 win over Wang in the No. 4 spot. Fernanda Martinez helped Rice finish off the 5-2 victory with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory against Baek in the No. 6 singles.
 
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