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Women's Tennis Starts Season Strong With 6-1 Win Over Quinnipiac

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass – Harvard women's tennis kicked off the Spring season in spectacular fashion, picking up a 6-1 victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats. The Crimson (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) won eight of nine matchups on the day, including all three doubles matches.

The duo of Rachel Eason and Rachel Lim got the action started in doubles play, picking up a 6-2 win in the third pairing. The Crimson secured the doubles point and a 1-0 lead when first-year Kayla Leschly and junior Anna Li won 6-2 at the second doubles pairing.

Senior captain Natasha Gonzalez and senior Jenna Friedel swept the doubles matches for the Crimson with a 6-2 of their own at the first pairing.

The Crimson wasted no time racking up the wins in singles play, as senior captain Lexi Milunovich ran away with a straight-sets win at the sixth position.

First-year Mihaela Marculescu picked up where she left off in the fall, adding a convincing 6-0, 6-0 win at the third pairing to make it 3-0 Crimson.

Eason clinched the win for Harvard after her 6-0, 6-3 decision in the fourth pairing.

Harvard would add two more points to their total by way of Gonzalez and first-year Sophia Ho, who won at the fifth and second pairings, respectively.

Harvard Highlights

  • Marculescu started the season in tremendous fashion, blanking her opponent at the second position 6-0, 6-0. This was her 10th singles win of the season.
  • The doubles pairings of Li/Leschly and Gonzalaez/Friedel improved to 2-0 on the season.
  • Senior captain Lexi Milunovich picked up her first singles win of the season.
  • First-year Sophia Ho won, 6-2, 6-2, in her dual-match debut.

Up Next
 Harvard carries its 1-0 record into matches with Boston College and Fordham this weekend at the Murr Center Tennis Courts. Matches will be played on Jan. 24 at 5 p.m., and Jan. 25 at 3 p.m., respectively. Both contests will be streamed live on ESPN3.

RESULTS
 Harvard – 6, Quinnipiac – 1

Singles

  1. Kamilla Nella (QU) def. Jenna Friedel – 6-2, 6-2
  2. Sophia Ho def. Andie Williams (QU) – 6-2, 6-2
  3. Mihaela Marculescu def. Layla Rodriguez (QU) – 6-0, 6-0
  4. Rachel Eason def. Payton Bradley (QU) – 6-0, 6-3
  5. Natasha Gonzalez def. Jordan Bradley (QU) – 6-0, 6-3
  6. Lexi Milunovich def. Amy Zammarieh (QU) – 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

  1. Natasha Gonzalez/Jenna Friedel def. P. Bradley/A. Williams (QU) – 6-2
  2. Anna Li/Kayla Leschly def. J. Bradley/A. Williams (QU) – 6-2
  3. Rachel Lim / Rachel Eason def. L. Rodriguez/S. Yanosov (QU) – 6-2
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