No. 46 Women's Tennis Takes Down Drake, 5-2

Saturday, February 21

Minneapolis, Minn.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Drake

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By: Dartmouth

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Dartmouth women's tennis team, which is tied with Harvard for 46th in the nation, downed Drake by a score of 5-2 at the Baseline Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, the Big Green remains undefeated with a record of 9-0, while the Bulldogs fell to 7-3.

Dartmouth won two of the doubles matches to enter singles with a 1-0 lead. At No. 1, sophomore Taylor Ng and freshman Kristina Mathis had a 6-2 victory over Mariel Ante and Tess Herder and, at No. 3, senior Akiko Okuda and freshman Julia Schroeder defeated Jordan Eggleston and Adrienne Jensen, 6-2.

Ng blanked Ante at No. 1 singles, handing the Bulldog a 6-0, 6-0 loss. Junior Jacqueline Crawford added a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Nell Boyd at No. 4.

Both Mathis and Okuda had to fight to win their matches at the No. 3 and 5 positions, respectively. Mathis had an easy 6-1 win over Maddie Johnson before having to battle to a 7-5 victory in the second set, while Okuda defeated Eggelston, 6-4, in the first and had a 7-5 win in the second.

The Green will face No. 70 Minnesota tomorrow at 11 a.m.

#1 – No. 40 Mathis/Ng (Dartmouth) def. Ante/Herder (Drake), 6-2
#2 – Boyd/Johnson (Drake) def. Yau/Kiven (Dartmouth), 6-2
#3 – Schroeder/Okuda (Dartmouth) def. Eggelston/Jensen (Drake), 6-2

#1 – No. 82 Ng (Dartmouth) def. Ante (Drake), 6-0,6-0
#2 – Brills (Drake) def. Yau (Dartmouth), 6-4,6-3
#3 – Mathis (Dartmouth) def. Johnson (Drake), 6-1,7-5
#4 – Crawford (Dartmouth) def. Boyd (Drake), 6-4,6-2
#5 – Okuda (Dartmouth) def. Eggelston (Drake), 6-4,7-5
#6 – Jensen (Drake) def. Schroeder (Dartmouth), 6-3,6-4