Completed Event: Women's Tennis at Penn on April 4, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 1
Final
Women's Tennis
at Penn
4
1
Friday, November 4
Hanover, N.H./Boss Tennis Center
Dartmouth College
vs
Big Green Invite (Day 1)
Chidimma Okpara ’23
Photo by: Doug Austin
Dartmouth Battles Yale and Rutgers on Opening Day of Big Green Invitational
11/4/2022 10:46:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Okpara’s singles victory highlighted a strong start to the weekend
HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth women's tennis team opened the Big Green Invitational Friday in Hanover against Yale and Rutgers and notched a combined four wins, including Chidimma Okpara's victory over the 53rd ranked player in the ITA Preseason Rankings.
Okpara downed the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year in Chelsea Kung with a clutch third-set victory after faltering in the second. Ashley Hess also defeated a Bulldog opponent in singles, in addition to a doubles victory alongside her sister, Brooke Hess. Dartmouth was 3-3 on the day against Yale.
Battling Rutgers, Dartmouth split two singles matches as Ujvala Jupalli defeated Mai Nguyen.
Action resumes Saturday morning.
SINGLES
Chidimma Okpara (Dartmouth) def. Chelsea Kung (Yale), 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
Ashley Hess (Dartmouth) def. Vivian Cheng (Yale), 6-2, 7-6(5)
Sophia Zaslow (Yale) def. Emily Zhou (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
Jamie Kim (Yale) def. Brooke Hess (Dartmouth), 3-6, 6-4, 11-9
Ujvala Jupalli (Dartmouth) def. Mai Nyugen (Rutgers), 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
Chloe Brown (Rutgers) def. Ameliija Swaffer-Selff (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES
Chelsea Kung/Sophia Zaslow (Yale) def. Chidimma Okpara/Emily Zhou (Dartmouth), 6-4
Brooke Hess/Ashley Hess (Dartmouth) def. Jamie Kim/Vivian Cheng (Yale), 7-5
Okpara downed the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year in Chelsea Kung with a clutch third-set victory after faltering in the second. Ashley Hess also defeated a Bulldog opponent in singles, in addition to a doubles victory alongside her sister, Brooke Hess. Dartmouth was 3-3 on the day against Yale.
Battling Rutgers, Dartmouth split two singles matches as Ujvala Jupalli defeated Mai Nguyen.
Action resumes Saturday morning.
SINGLES
Chidimma Okpara (Dartmouth) def. Chelsea Kung (Yale), 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
Ashley Hess (Dartmouth) def. Vivian Cheng (Yale), 6-2, 7-6(5)
Sophia Zaslow (Yale) def. Emily Zhou (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
Jamie Kim (Yale) def. Brooke Hess (Dartmouth), 3-6, 6-4, 11-9
Ujvala Jupalli (Dartmouth) def. Mai Nyugen (Rutgers), 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
Chloe Brown (Rutgers) def. Ameliija Swaffer-Selff (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES
Chelsea Kung/Sophia Zaslow (Yale) def. Chidimma Okpara/Emily Zhou (Dartmouth), 6-4
Brooke Hess/Ashley Hess (Dartmouth) def. Jamie Kim/Vivian Cheng (Yale), 7-5
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