SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The 69
th-ranked Columbia women's tennis team battled, but came up short to No. 65 Cal Poly, 4-3 on the road on Friday.
The Mustangs took the early advantage by securing the doubles point. Cal Poly's duo of Natalie Lynch/Jessica MacCallum defeated Columbia's duo of
Emily Baek/
Sophia Wang 6-3 in the No. 3 spot. Columbia evened things up when
Malak El Allami/
Fatima Keita defeated Cal Poly's Peyton Dunkle/Amy Leather 6-2.
The Mustangs secured the point when Kennedy Buntrock/Romane Mosse held on for a 6-4 victory over the Lions' duo of
Gayathri Krishnan/
Sophia Strugnell.
In the singles matches, Cal Poly took a 2-0 lead early when Dunkle defeated Krishnan 6-4-6-4 in the No. 2 spot. Columbia got its first point when Baek defeated Lynch in straight sets, at the No. 6 spot.
The Lions tied the match at 2-2 when
Sophia Wang defeated Alexandra Ozerets 6-3, 6-4. El Allami made it 3-3 when she defeated Buntrock 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the one spot. Unfortunately, the Mustangs held on for the win when MacCallum defeated
Winta Tewolde 7-5, 6-2, 4-6 in the No. 5 spot.
RESULTS
#65 Cal Poly 4, #69 Columbia 3
Singles
1.
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Kennedy Buntrock (CP), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
2. Peyton Dunkle (CP) def.
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) 6-4, 6-4
3. Romane Mosse def.
Fatima Keita (COL) 6-2, 7-6 (5-0)
4.
Sophia Wang (COL) def. Alexandra Ozerets (CP) 6-3, 6-4
5. Jessica MacCallum (CP) def.
Winta Tewolde (COL) 7-5, 6-2, 4-6
6.
Emily Baek (COL) def. Natalie Lynch (CP) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
1.
Fatima Keita/
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Peyton Dunkle/Amy Leather (CP) 6-2
2. Kennedy Buntrock/Romane Mosse (CP) def.
Gayathri Krishnan/
Sophia Strugnell (COL) 6-4
3. Natalie Lynch/Jessica MacCallum (CP) def.
Sophia Wang/
Emily Baek (COL) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,4,3,1,5)
UP NEXT
Columbia returns to the Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center for a pair of matches when Denver and Cornell come to the city. The Lions take on Denver on Wednesday, March 26 at 1 p.m. followed by an Ivy League showdown against Cornell on Saturday, March 29 at Noon.
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