NEW YORK – The Columbia women’s tennis team wrapped up the weekend with an impressive performance at the Fordham Invite, winning all 18 matches of the hidden dual format against Hofstra and Fordham. The group of Lions participating in the ITA Northeast Super Regional also wrapped up competition with Salma Farhat highlighting the group by advancing to the singles Round of 16.
Out of the three Lions playing singles in the ITA supers, Farhat was the only individual that picked up a win. The first-year posted a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) win over Cornell’s Michelle Ryndin to earn a spot in the round of 16, where she fell to Princeton’s Neha Velaga, 2-6, 2-6. Anna Zhang and Sophia Wang each lost their first matches of super regional action. Wang and Zhang also teamed up for doubles action, but were defeated by Ann Wright Guerry and Orly Ogilvy (Yale) in the first match, 4-6, 3-6.
The rest of the team stayed home to participate in the Fordham Invite. Due to rain, Columbia’s two hidden dual matches were played in the Phillip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center since Fordham does not have an indoor facility. The Lions did not disappoint as the team won all 18 matches played in two hidden duals against Hofstra on Friday and Fordham on Saturday.
Fatima Keita, Gayathri Krishnan, Rachele Rimondini, Sophia Strugnell, Clarine Lerby and Carolyn Brodsky each picked up two singles wins this weekend. On the doubles side, first-year Natacha Schou saw her first action as a Lion as she paired up with Clarine Lerby to earn two doubles wins. The duos of Keita/Rimondini and Krishnan/Strugnell also posted two doubles victories for the weekend.
The Lions will have a break before wrapping up the fall season by traveling to Massachusetts for the Harvard Invitational starting on Friday, November 3.
ITA NORTHEAST SUPER REGIONAL RESULTS
Singles
Polina Kozyreva (Syracuse) def. Anna Zhang, 6-0, 5-7, 7-6(5)
Victoria Carlsten (Boston) def. Sophia Wang, 6-2, 6-2
Salma Farhat def. Michelle Ryndin (Cornell), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
Neha Velaga (Princeton) def. Salma Farhat, 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Ann Wright Guerry/Orly Ogilvy (Yale) def. Sophia Wang/Anna Zhang, 6-4, 6-3
FORDHAM INVITE RESULTS
Columbia/Hofstra
Singles
Fatima Keita def. Forste-Dinell 6-2, 6-2
Gayathri Krishnan def. Rodriquez 6-0, 6-4
Rachele Rimondini def. Soyer 6-1, 6-3
Sophia Strugnell def. Mohamed 6-3, 6-2
Clarine Lerby def. Ferguson 6-3, 6-1
Carolyn Brodsky def. Madigan 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
Keita/Rimondini def. Forest-Dinell/Soyer 6-4
Krishnan/Strugnell def. Ferguson/Higgins 6-3
Schou/Lerby def. Rodriguez/Zhang 6-2
Columbia/Fordham
Singles
Fatima Keita def. Cindy Zhou 6-1, 6-3
Gayathri Krishnan def. Eleni Fasoula 6-4, 6-2
Rachele Rimondini def. Franny Shea 6-3, 7-5
Sophia Strugnell def. Lorraine Bergmann 6-3, 7-5
Clarine Lerby def. Demi Jhaveri 6-2, 6-1
Carolyn Brodsky def. Camila Baeza 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
Keita/Rimondini def. Shea/Jhaveri 6-3
Krishnan/Strugnell def. Fasoula/Baeza 6-2
Schou/Lerby def. Bergmann/Nguyen 6-4
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