Women's Tennis Ends Season On a High Note With Win Over Harvard

Wednesday, April 23

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

HARVARD

Women's Tennis Ends Season On a High Note With Win Over Harvard

4/23/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth women's tennis team downed Harvard 4-3 today at the Topliff Courts to earn its fifth win over the Crimson since 1980, when the first Ivy League conference team champion was crowned. With the victory the Big Green ends its season at 16-4, setting a record for victories in a single season, and finishes with an Ivy League record of 4-3, Dartmouth's first winning season in the Ivies since the 1999-2000 season. Dartmouth finishes fourth in the Ancient Eight standings, behind Yale, Penn, and Princeton. With the loss, Harvard falls to 2-17, 2-5 in the Ivy League.

The Big Green said farewell to graduating seniors Maggie Suydam (Marblehead, Mass.), Megan Zebroski (Port Washington, N.Y.), and Catja Carrell (Benshelm, Germany) in the final home match of their college careers.

Dartmouth set the tone early by sweeping the doubles point. Suydam and freshman Georgiana Smyser (Houston, Texas) were first off the court after winning 8-3 at No. 3, and Zebroski and freshman Molly Scott (Trabuco Cyn, Calif.) secured the point by beating Beier Ko and Samantha Rosekrans 8-6 at No. 1. Sophomores Mary Beth Winingham (Carmel, Ind.) and Jesse Adler (Winnetka, Ill.) completed the sweep by winning a tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles over Stephanie Schnitter and Laura Peterzan.

In singles, Dartmouth got straight-set victories from Zebroski at No. 2, Smyser at No. 5, and sophomore Carley Markovitz (South Pasadena, Calif.) at No. 6. Zebroski had a big win over Laura Peterzan to finish with a 4-3 Ivy record at No. 2 singles. Smyser, who was undefeated in Ivy League play, put another point on the board for the Big Green with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over senior Vilsa Curto. Markovitz secured the victory for Dartmouth with a 6-1, 6-2 win over freshman Margarita Krivitski.

At No. 1 singles, Scott fell 6-2, 7-5 to No. 102 Beier Ko, a former top 300 WTA-ranked player, and Winingham lost at No. 3 to Samantha Rosekrans, whose only Ivy loss came against Yale. Adler lost at No. 4 to senior captain Stephanie Schnitter, who was coming off a big win at No. 3 against Brown on Sunday.

Full Results:

Dartmouth 4, Harvard 3

Doubles
No. 1 - Megan Zebroski/Molly Scott (DART) def. Beier Ko/Samantha Rosekrans (H) 8-6
No. 2 - Mary Beth Winingham/Jesse Adler (DART) def. Laura Peterzan/Stephanie Schnitter (H) 8-7 (3)
No. 3 - Maggie Suydam/Georgiana Smyser (DART) def. Vilsa Curto/Margarita (H) 8-3

Singles
No. 1 - Molly Scott (DART) lost to Beier Ko (H) 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 - Megan Zebroski (DART) def. Laura Peterzan (H) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 - Mary Beth Winingham (DART) lost to Samantha Rosekrans (H) 7-6 (5), 6-2
No. 4 - Jesse Adler (DART) lost to Stephanie Schnitter (H) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Georgiana Smyser (DART) def. Vilsa Curto (H) 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 - Carley Markovitz (DART) def. Margarita Krivitski (H) 6-1, 6-2