CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 50 Harvard women's tennis improved its winning streak to 11 as it avenged its ECAC Championship opening round loss by downing No. 45 Yale, 4-2, this evening.   

How it Happened

The Crimson began the day by grabbing the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions.  Holly Fischer and Stephanie Yakoff kept their winning ways going with a 6-4 victory at the No. 1 spot.  Natalie Block and Sany Gawande then put up a dominant, 6-0, performance to secure the doubles point.

Moving into singles, Holly Fischer and Stephanie Yakoff both picked up their second wins of the day with a pair of victories at the top two spots.  Fischer defeated Orly Ogilvy (Yale) in straight sets while Yakoff picked up her first career Ivy win with a three set thriller over Mirabelle Bretkelly (Yale).

Kate Kim also registered her first career Ivy win and 22^nd overall victory by defeating AnnWright Guerry (Yale), 6-2, 6-4, at the No. 5 spot.  With the victory the Crimson improve to 15-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play to tie its program record of 11 straight wins. 

Results

Harvard – 4, Yale – 2
Doubles

1. Holly Fischer/Stephanie Yakoff def. Mirabelle/Erin Ha (Yale), 6-4
2. AnnWright Guerry/Orly Ogilvy (Yale) def. Rachel Arbitman/Iveta Daujotaite, 6-3
3. Natalie Block/Sany Gawande def. Shyla Aggarwal/Jamie Kim (Yale), 6-0

Singles

1. Holly Fischer def. Orly Ogilvy (Yale), 6-3, 6-2
2. Stephanie Yakoff def. Mirabelle Bretkelly (Yale), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. Shyla Aggarwal (Yale) def. Maxi Duncan, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
4. Erin Ha (Yale) def. Charlotte Owensby, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
5. Kate Kim def. AnnWright Guerry (Yale), 6-2, 6-4
6. Sany Gawande vs. Rebecca Lynn (Yale), 6-1, 3-6, 3-5 DNF

Next Up

The Crimson will return home for a three match road stretch beginning against Brown on Sunday, April 7 at 1:00 p.m.