Kallenberg sits third on the team with a 21-12 singles record (Zack Williamson).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 58 Harvard women's tennis team travels to No. 49 Dartmouth on Saturday, April 23 for a 2 p.m. start for its final Ivy League match of the season.
Last Time Out
Harvard split in its third weekend of Ivy League play, topping No. 69 Yale, 6-1, but falling to No. 72 Brown, 4-3. Erica Oosterhout, Annika Ringblom and Amy He were the only Crimson to tally 2-0 records each. Doubles pairings of June Lee and Erica Oosterhout and Sabrina Xiong and Annika Ringblom defeated their opponents in assisting Harvard in its victory over the Bulldogs.
About Harvard
Amy He leads Harvard with a 25-5 singles record, while teammates Erica Oosterhout and Nikki Kallenberg follow with 22-10 and 21-12 marks, respectively. Annika Ringblom wraps up the top four with an 18-11 record, and leads the Crimson with a 17-10 mark in doubles play. Harvard's players boast a 165-119 combined record, going 118-73 in singles play and 47-46 in doubles.
| Leaders |
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Doubles Leaders |
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Amy He
Erica Oosterhout
Nikki Kallenberg
Annika Ringblom |
25-5
22-10
21-12
18-11
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Annika Ringblom
June Lee
Sabrina Xiong
Isabel Jasper
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17-10
15-14
14-10
13-16
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In the Polls
The Crimson have maintained its No. 58 ranking for two-straight weeks, after defeating Ivy opponent No. 61 Princeton, 4-3, and topping No. 69 Yale, 6-1.
After earning a 4-2 victory over No. 24 Fresno St. on March 20, Harvard reached its highest ranking of the year, No. 51.
Harvard broke into the poll at No. 72 on Feb. 10 by the ITA after a successful weekend at the ECAC Division I Indoor Championship where it upset No. 43 Princeton and No. 53 Brown. The inclusion marked the first ranking of the year for the Crimson.
Date
Feb. 10
Feb. 17
Feb. 23
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 21
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
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Ranking
No. 72
N/A
No. 57
N/A
N/A
N/A
No. 51
No. 54
No. 63
No. 58
No. 58
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Ivy On Board
All eight Ivy League women's tennis teams are ranked for just the second time since 2008. Records were only kept by final rankings between 2007-1981.
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April 19 ranking
No. 37 Columbia
No. 38 Princeton
No. 48 Penn
No. 49 Dartmouth
No. 58 Harvard
No. 59 Cornell
No. 67 Yale
No. 62 Brown
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April 12 ranking
No. 34 Columbia
No. 50 Princeton
No. 52 Penn
No. 54 Dartmouth
No. 58 Harvard
No. 63 Cornell
No. 69 Yale
No. 72 Brown
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Scouting No. 69 Dartmouth
No. 49 Dartmouth sits fifth in the Ivy League with a 3-3 Ancient Eight mark and a 12-6 overall record. The Big Green's No. 21 doubles pair of Kristina Mathis and Taylor Ng holds a 20-3 record and have been ranked since the start of the season, reaching its highest mark of No. 7 on Feb. 10. Six Dartmouth singles players have reached the double-wins mark, including Ng, Mathis, Jacqueline Crawford, Allison Chuang, Julia Shroeder, and Katherine Yau.
Winning vs. the Ancient Eight
Harvard holds winning records versus all of the Ivy teams, with its best mark against Cornell, 36-4.
| School |
Record |
Winning % |
Last matchup |
Cornell
Columbia
Brown
Penn
Dartmouth
Princeton
Yale
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36-4
26-6
34-10
30-11
31-11
24-18
26-21
|
.900
.813
.773
.732
.738
.571
.553
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L, 4-3 (April 1, 2016)
L, 4-3 (April 2, 2016)
L, 4-3 (April 17, 2016)
L, 4-3 (April 9, 2016)
L, 5-2 (April 25, 2015)
W, 4-3 (April 10, 2016)
W, 6-1 (April 15, 2016)
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Clean Sweeps
Harvard has tallied 12 victories in 2016, three of them coming in shutout fashion. Harvard blanked Marist, 4-0, in the second match of a doubleheader Feb. 20 and picked up a pair of 7-0 decisions March 13 over Providence and Rhode Island.
Individuals vs. Ranked Opponents
Erica Oosterhout leads the Crimson against ranked opponents with a 2-1 record, while Nikki Kallenberg and June Lee follow with 1-1 and 1-3 marks, respectively. Overall, Harvard is 4-6 against ranked challengers.
COOP Student-Athlete of the Week
The Crimson has been named to COOP Student-Athlete of the Week multiple times with Amy He being voted during week three and week 20. Annika Ringblom was selected during week three while Nikki Kallenberg and June Lee was chosen during week six and 19, respectively. Most recently, Erica Oosterhout was voted as COOP Student-Athlete of the Week during week 29.
Week 3: Annika Ringblom – Women's Tennis
Week 6: Nikki Kallenberg – Women's Tennis
Week 10: Amy He – Women's Tennis
Week 19: June Lee – Women's Tennis
Week 20: Amy He – Women's Tennis
Week 29: Erica Oosterhout – Women's Tennis
Fresh Faces
Head Coach Traci Green added the eighth-best recruiting class in the country according to TennisRecruiting.net. Erica Oosterhout, Sabrina Xiong, and Isabel Jasper come to Harvard from around the world to make up Harvard's third consecutive top-ten class, and fifth in the past seven seasons. Oosterhout was ranked No. 8 in the top-10 Oracle/ITA Division I Women's National Newcomer/Freshmen Rankings.
Related Link: Oracle/ITA Division I Women's National Newcomer/Freshmen Rankings
On the Sidelines
Traci Green is in her ninth season at the helm for the Crimson. Under her guidance, Harvard won the program's 18th Ivy League title in 2009 with a 13-8 overall record and a 6-1 conference mark. Green owns a 126-113 overall record, including a 92-85 mark over the past nine seasons.
Aye Aye, Captain
Senior Amy He was chosen to be the team's captain for the 2015-16 academic year. He is the 53rd captain in program history.
Social Stream
Use the Social Stream on GoCrimson.com to stay connected with the Crimson on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram this year. The Social Stream brings the conversation from all three platforms into one convenient location, allowing fans of all Harvard Athletics teams to monitor the action in real time.
About the Ivy League Digital Network
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