SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Harvard women's tennis kicked off competition at the Notre Dame Invite this afternoon by collecting a handful of wins over opponents out of DePaul University.  The Crimson tallied two doubles wins and five singles wins in their nine total matches. 

Harvard Highlights

• Maxi Duncan made her season debut in both doubles and singles, registering a pair of wins to kick off her junior year.  Teaming up with Kate Kim, Duncan and the first-year won their doubles match, 6-4.  In singles, Duncan was victorious 6-4 in both sets to down Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DePaul) in straight sets. 
• Natalie Block and Angel You improved to 2-0 on the season by winning a battle in the third doubles match, pulling out a 7-5 victory over Eleanor Nobbs and Sasha Stula (DePaul).
• Kavya Karra continues her undefeated streak to begin her collegiate career, improving to 4-0 with a pair of 7-5 sets to defeat Greta Carbone (DePaul). 
• Natalie Block was able to register a straight set win over Hannah Smith (DePaul) with a strong 8-6 advantage in the second set tiebreakers to close out the contest. 
• Despite dropping the first set, You, came back with 6-2 and 6-3 second and third sets to capture her first singles victory of her senior campaign. 
• First-year Stephanie Yakoff looked dominant in her match against Sasha Stula (DePaul), winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. 

Results

Doubles
Maxi Duncan/Kate Kim def. Emily Casati/Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DePaul), 6-4
Greta Carbone/Hannah Smith (DePaul) def. Kavya Karra/Stephanie Yakoff, 6-4
Natalie Block/Angel You def. Eleanor Nobbs/Sasha Stula (DePaul), 7-5  
Singles
Maxi Duncan def. Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DePaul), 6-4, 6-4
Eleanor Nobbs (DePaul) def. Kate Kim, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Kavya Karra def. Greta Carbone, 7-5, 7-5
Natalie Block def. Hannah Smith (DePaul), 7-5, 7-6 (6)
Angel You def. Emily Casati (DePaul), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Stephanie Yakoff def. Sasha Stula (DePaul), 6-2, 6-0

Next Up

The Crimson will continue play at the Notre Dame Invite tomorrow with play beginning at 10:00 a.m.