CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's tennis team (12-7, 3-0 Ivy League) earned its sixth consecutive win this afternoon over Cornell at Beren Tennis Center in Cambridge, Mass.
The Crimson earned the doubles point and three of five singles matches to provide the 4-2 result over the Big Red (6-9, 2-1 Ivy League).
The duo of
Maxi Duncan and
Holly Fischer picked up their second win of the weekend at the No. 1 position with a quick 6-0 victory over Lauren Stein and Jenny Wong of Cornell.
Meanwhile,
Rachel Lim and
Mihaela Marculescu fought to a 6-2 win over Valerie Ho and Ashley Huang at the No. 2 spot to clinch the doubles point for the Crimson.
Moving on to singles,
Sany Gawande got the first point for Harvard with a straight-set, 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Wong at the sixth position.
With the match tied at 2-2,
Maxi Duncan took care of Katherine Nguyen, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 spot to put the Crimson within a point of the win.
Rachel Arbitman finished the job for Harvard and clinched the match at the No. 4 slot by outlasting Valerie Ho in a tiebreak in the first set before blanking her in the second for a final score of 7-6(7-1), 6-0.
Harvard Highlights
- The six wins in a row matches the season-high from 2018-19.
- Harvard is 7-0 at home this season.
- Sany Gawande is up to a team-high nine singles wins this spring (9-4).
- Harvard is in first place in the Ivy League.
Doubles (1,2)
- Maxi Duncan/Holly Fischer (HARV) def. Lauren Stein/Jenny Wong (COR) 6-0
- Rachel Lim/Mihaela Marculescu (HARV) def. Alexandra Savu/Maria Adiaconitei (COR) 6-2
- Angel You/Iveta Daujotaite (HARV) vs. Valerie Ho/Ashley Huang (COR) 5-2 DNF
Singles (1, 6, 3, 2, 4)
- Lan Mi (COR) def. Sophia Ho (HARV) 6-2, 6-0
- Maxi Duncan (HARV) def. Katherine Nguyen (COR) 6-2, 6-1
- Lauren Stein (COR) def. Holly Fischer (HARV) 6-2, 6-1
- Rachel Arbitman (HARV) def. Valerie Ho (COR) 7-6(7-1), 6-0
- Rachel Eason (HARV) vs. Maria Adiaconitei (COR) 1-6, 6-0, 0-3
- Sany Gawande (HARV) def. Jenny Wong (COR) 6-3, 6-2
