CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's tennis returned to the court for the first time in the fall of 2024 at its annual home event, the Harvard Fall Classic. The Crimson began competition by sweeping doubles play and collecting an additional three singles victories.
Maxi Duncan and
Stephanie Yakoff dropped the least number of games of any Crimson duo, downing Seren Agar and Nada Dimovska (BC), 6-2.
Rachel Arbitman and
Kavya Karra, who appeared together six times throughout the 2024 spring season, followed closely behind with a 6-3 decision over Stephanie Sanchez and Saige Severance (BC). In their first ever appearance together,
Kate Kim and
Angel You rounded out doubles action with a 6-4 win over Olivia Benton and Tola Glowacka (BC).
Duncan collected her second victory of the day with a strong straight set, 6-4, 6-1, defeat of Muskan Mahajan (BC). Karra joined her teammate in straight set victories, dropping the least number of games of any Crimson player by downing Alex Torre (BC), 6-3, 6-0.
Results
Doubles
Maxi Duncan/
Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Seren Agar/Nada Dimovska (BC), 6-2
Rachel Arbitman/
Kavya Karra (Harvard) def. Stephanie Sanchez/Saige Severance (BC), 6-3
Kate Kim/
Angel You (Harvard) def. Olivia Benton/Tola Glowacka (BC), 6-4
Singles
Natalie Eordekian (BC) def.
Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard), 4-6, 6-4, 10-3
Maxi Duncan (Harvard) def. Muskan Mahajan (BC), 6-4, 6-1
Kate Kim (Harvard) def. Tola Glowacka (BC), 6-1, ret.
Kavya Karra (Harvard) def. Alex Torre (BC), 6-3, 6-0
Nadia Barteck (BC) def.
Angel You (Harvard), 6-3, 6-1
Audrey Magnusen (BC) def.
Elsie Ragatz (Harvard), 6-0, 6-0
Next Up
The Crimson will return to the court tomorrow for the second day of action at the Harvard Fall Classic beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET and 2:30 p.m. ET at Beren Tennis Center.
