Dartmouth Falls to Columbia on Opening Day of ECAC Championship

Friday, February 9

Cambridge, Mass.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Columbia

Caroline Lemcke ’27

Photo by: Kyle Relf

Dartmouth Falls to Columbia on Opening Day of ECAC Championship

2/9/2024 7:58:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

seeded Big Green were handed a 4-0 loss on Friday afternoon

By: Kyle Relf

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Opening the ECAC Championship at Harvard on Friday afternoon, the sixth-seeded Dartmouth women's tennis team dropped a close doubles point and couldn't recover in singles during the opening day's 4-0 loss to No. 3 seed Columbia.

With hopes of claiming the doubles point still alive after falling at the No. 2 position, Dartmouth nearly drew even with Lexi Dewire and Caroline Lemcke coming up just short in a tiebreak on Court 3. Had they pulled it out, all eyes would've been on the top court, where Peyton Capuano and Michela Moore were in another tiebreak.

The first three finished singles matches each sided with the Lions as the Big Green were victims of a shutout, but a few Dartmouth players were able to take sets from tough Columbia opponents. Moore won the second set at the No. 2 position, Lemcke claimed the first set at the No. 4 slot and Katie Weber took the second at No. 6. Capuano, after dropping the first, was leading the second set when the match was clinched.

The Big Green will take on the loser of Penn and Brown at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10.

DOUBLES
Anna Zhang/Sophia Wang (Columbia) vs. Peyton Capuano/Michela Moore (Dartmouth), 6-6 unfinished
Gayathri Krishan/Sophia Strugnell (Columbia) def. Brooke Hess/Katie Weber (Dartmouth), 6-2
Winta Tewolde/Rachele Rimondini (Columbia) def. Lexi Dewire/Caroline Lemcke (Dartmouth), 7-6(4)

SINGLES
Julia Haynes (Columbia) led Peyton Capuano (Dartmouth), 6-2, 4-5 unfinished
Gayathri Krishan (Columbia) led Michela Moore (Dartmouth), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Sophia Wang (Columbia) def. Lexi Dewire (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-2
Winta Tewolde (Columbia) vs. Caroline Lemcke (Dartmouth), 3-6, 6-3, 1-4
Salma Farhat (Columbia) def. Brooke Hess (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-4
Sophia Strugnell (Columbia) vs. Katie Weber (Dartmouth), 6-3, 2-6, 2-4