CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's tennis recorded six strong wins in the first day of the main draws at the ITA New England Regionals. 

Beginning the day in doubles, the duos of Kavya Karra/Stephanie Yakoff and Charlotte Owensby/Kim posted dominant wins.  The Crimson duos, seeded at one and two, respectively, won by scores of 8-0 and 8-1. 

Moving into singles action, Harvard recorded four wins in five matches played.  Karra kicked things off with a convincing 6-0, 6-1 victory over Isabella Camacho (Boston College).  Stephanie Yakoff followed closely behind with her own 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Julie Holte (Stonehill). 

Claire Shao remained undefeated on the year with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Josephine Lombardi (Dartmouth). 

Charlotte Owensby recorded the final victory of the afternoon, following her opponent's retirement.  The senior led 4-2 in the third set when the match was retired.

Results

Doubles
[1] Kavya Karra/Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Loren Cuomo/Clara Arbeloa Lopez (Binghamton), 8-0
Ali Maguy/Anne Moody (Brown) def. Elsie Ragatz/Isabella Ohr (Harvard), 8-3
[7] Leyden Games/Tola Glowacka (Boston College) def. Claire Shao/Polina Krumkachev (Harvard), 8-5
[2] Charlotte Owensby/Kate Kim (Harvard) def. Amelia Galin/Sophia Montero (Colgate), 8-1

Singles
Claire Shao (Harvard) def. Josephine Lombardi (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
Kavya Karra (Harvard) def. Isabella Camacho (Boston College), 6-0, 6-1
[7] Charlotte Owensby (Harvard) def. Jiayi Liu (Boston University), 4-6, 6-3, 4-2 ret.
Vasilisa Borisova (Boston University) def. Kate Kim (Harvard), 7-6 (5), 6-3
[4] Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Julie Holte (Stonehill), 6-1, 6-2

Next Up

The Crimson will get right back to work tomorrow beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET from Cambridge.