NEW YORK – The 69th-ranked Columbia women's tennis team wraps up the regular season this weekend when it hosts Harvard and Dartmouth on Saturday and Sunday. Both matches are slated to begin at 1 p.m. at the Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
Columbia enters this week with an overall record of 12-8, they are 3-2 in Ivy League play. Harvard is 13-8 and 5-0 in conference play, while Dartmouth enters this weekend with an overall record of 9-11 and 2-3 in the Ivy League.
LIVE COVERAGE
Action from the Milstein Family Tennis Center this weekend will be broadcast live through
Columbia's stretch portal. Fans can also follow
live scores online for both matches this weekend.
LIONS IN THE ITA RANKINGS
The Lions hold strong in the ITA rankings checking in at No. 69. It marks the eighth consecutive week Columbia has appeared in the national rankings. This week, they are the top ranked team in the Ivy Leagues.
SENIOR DAY
Sunday's match against Dartmouth will be Senior Day for the Lions. Columbia will pay tribute to its five seniors
Carolyn Brodsky,
Fatima Keita,
Clarine Lerby Sophia Strugnell, and
Winta Tewolde.
CHECKING OUT THE STANDINGS
Saturday's match will be a crucial one for Columbia's chances at capturing a share of the Ivy League championship. At 3-2, the Lions host 5-0 Harvard on Saturday. To capture a share of the crown, Columbia needs to go 2-0 this weekend and get help from Cornell who hosts Harvard on Sunday afternoon in Ithaca.
LAST TIME OUT
Last weekend, the Lions went 1-1 at home, losing to Penn 3-4 on Friday before defeating Princeton 4-2 on Sunday.
In the win over the Tigers, Columbia had to come back after dropping the doubles point.
Gayathri Krishnan and
Sophia Strugnell secured the lone doubles win for the Lions in the one seed, defeating Princeton's Eva Elbaz and Maren Urata, 6-1.
Columbia battled back, securing four of the first five singles wins in the six, one, five, and three seeds. Strugnell got the Lions on the board, posting a 6-3, 6-4 win in the No. 6 spot over Tsehay Driscoll. After falling behind 2-1 in the team score, Columbia would rattle off three straight singles victories to close out the match.
Krishnan and
Emily Baek earned the next two wins, with
Sophia Wang clinching the overall victory in thrilling fashion. Krishnan defeated Alice Ferlito 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the No. 1 singles. Baek bested Maren Urata in the No. 5 seed, winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. Wang posted a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Eva Elbaz in the No. 3 spot.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
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