Yale Devastates Dartmouth
April 24, 2005
New Haven, CT - The women's tennis team defeated Dartmouth Sunday afternoon on the Cullman Courts. The Elis claimed the doubles point and won four of the singles matches to win the match 5-2. Today's win gives the Elis a 12-6 overall record and bumps their Ivy record to 3-3.
Olivia Nix and Stephanie White claimed the No. 3 doubles spot 8-6. Reshmi Srinath and Rashmee Patil easily won the No. 2 doubles match 8-1, clinching the doubles point for Yale.
In singles play, Nix went on to secure the No. 6 spot, coming back strong in the last two sets to win the match 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. Aimee Kim battled it out with Margaret Fitchet for the No. 3 game. Kim won the first set 7-5, was set back in the second 1-6, then came back in the third set to clinch the game 10-7.
Patil and Christine Alford both won their matches in straight sets. Alford easily won the No. 4 singles game 6-2, 6-2. Patil continued the dominance she showed during her doubles match to claim the No. 2 spot 6-2, 6-3.
The Bulldogs will travel to Providence on Wed., Apr. 27 to compete against Brown.
Report filed by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity.
Singles
#1 Jayme Ahmed (Dartmouth) def. Reshmi Srinath (Yale) 6-3, 7-6
#2 Rashmee Patil (Yale) def. Lindsay Winingham (Dartmouth) 6-2, 6-3
#3 Aimee Kim (Yale) def. Margaret Fitchet (Dartmouth) 7-5, 1-6 (10-7)
#4 Christine Alford (Yale) def. Maggie Suydam (Dartmouth) 6-2, 6-2
#5 Megan Zebroski (Dartmouth) def. Stephanie White (Yale) 6-1, 6-0
#6 Olivia Nix (Yale) def. Ann Scott (Dartmouth) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
#1 #60 Ahmed/Zebroski (Dartmouth) def. Alford/Kim (Yale) 8-6
#2 Srinath/Patil (Yale) def. Scott/Winingham (Dartmouth) 8-1
#3 White/Nix (Yale) def. Suydam/Fitchet (Dartmouth) 8-6
