Women's tennis crumbles in second round of ECAC tourney

In one of the most important tournaments of the fall, the seeded women's tennis team made it past the first round, but fell to fourth-ranked Yale in the second round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships, held this weekend at the Lenz Tennis Center.

In the first round, Princeton swept past Georgetown by a score of 7-0. All six Tigers won their singles matches in straight sets, led by junior Kavitha Krishnamurthy who downed her opponent, 6-2, 6-4.

The three doubles teams also won to give Princeton the doubles point.

In the second round, however, the Tigers met up with a deep Yale team. While Krishnamurthy and senior Kristi Watson won their matches in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, Yale was able to sweep the next four matches to take control and then won the doubles point to come away with a 5-2 victory.

Princeton then went into the back draw and beat Cornell by a score of 6-1. Krishnamurthy blew by Suzanne Wright of Cornell, 6-1, 6-1. Watson followed suit, taking down Laura Leigh Tallent by the same score. In the No. 4 singles position, sophomore Jackie Arcario won a second set tiebreak to top Erika Takeuchi, 6-3, 6-5.

Top-ranked Harvard dominated No. 4 Yale in the semifinals, losing only a doubles match. They then won the title with a 7-0 win over Penn in the finals.