HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's tennis team suffered a 4-1 loss to No. 37 Princeton at the Thompson Outdoor Tennis Courts on Saturday.
The Big Green dipped to 3-13 and 0-2 in conference action, while the Tigers improved to 13-4 overall and 2-0 in Ivy matches.
Princeton won the first point following victories at the No. 1 and 3 doubles positions. At the No. 2 spot, junior
Racquel Lyn and freshman
Jingyi Peng were narrowly trailing Grace Joyce and Clare McKee, 5-4, when the match went unfinished.
The Tigers made it 3-0 with wins on courts two and three before Lyn downed Stephanie Schrage, 6-3, 6-0, at the No. 1 singles position. One more win for Princeton at the No. 4 spot clinched the win for the home team.
Dartmouth will face Penn at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
1) Kalhorn/Shvets (Princeton) def. Chiu/Conard (Dartmouth), 6-1
2) Lyn/Peng (Dartmouth) vs. Joyce/McKee (Princeton), 4-5, DNF
3) Rodilosso/Schrage (Princeton) def. Chuang/Paripovic (Dartmouth), 6-4
Order of finish: 1,3
1) Lyn (Dartmouth) def. Schrage (Princeton), 6-3, 6-0
2) Shvets (Princeton) def. Chiu (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-1
3) Joyce (Princeton) def. Paripovic (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-2
4) McKee (Princeton) def. Conard (Dartmouth), 6-2, 7-5
5) Kalhorn (Princeton) vs. Guan (Dartmouth), 7-5, 3-6, 5-2, DNF
6) Peng (Dartmouth) vs. Rodilosso (Princeton), 7-6 (3), 4-5, DNF
Order of finish: 2,3,1,4