Women's Tennis Settles for Fourth at ECAC Championship

Sunday, February 11

Cambridge, Mass.

11 a.m.

Brown University

Princeton

Photo by: Ashton Daniel Robertson

Women's Tennis Settles for Fourth at ECAC Championship

2/11/2024 5:55:00 PM | Women's Tennis

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Second-seeded Brown women's tennis never gave up, but settled for fourth place, at the 2024 ECAC Championship after falling to top-seeded Princeton, 4-2, on Sunday at Harvard.

"Even though the final result didn't go in our favor, I was proud of our team's effort and their "never say never" mindset," said Head Coach Lucie Schmidhauser. "Ali and Addie played flawless doubles at line two. After fighting off three match points at line one doubles, Phoebe and Lindsey closed out the doubles point with courage."

Brown took the first match point by winning singles. No. 34 Sophomore Phoebe Peus and junior Lindsey Hofflander took down No. 51 Maia Sung and Isabella Chhiv (7-5) in a battle of ranked pairs, while senior Ali Benedetto and junior Addison Ahlstrom took second doubles (6-1).

Princeton then won fourth, third and second singles to take a 3-1 match lead before Peus secured first singles (7-5, 6-4) to make it a 3-2 match. The Tigers then took fifth singles to clinch the match.

"In singles, Phoebe competed very well against an excellent opponent, using her serve speed and groundstroke accuracy to keep her opponent on defense most of the match," said Schmidhauser. "Phoebe was clutch in big moments and closed out the match with confidence. Both Anne and Addie kept fighting until the end of their singles matches, coming back from one set deficits and displaying a lot of fight and courage. Our team has a lot to build on from this weekend and we will implement our takeaways in practice and future competition."

UP NEXT
Brown travels to face Illinois in Champaign on Saturday at 12 p.m.

DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 34 Peus / Hofflander (Brown) def. No. 51 Sung / Chhiv (PU) 7-5
Benedetto / Ahlstrom (Brown) def. Elbaz / Bennetto (PU) 6-1
Ferlito / Velaga (PU) vs. Lee / Yang (Brown) 6-5 unfinished

SINGLES RESULTS
Phoebe Peus (Brown) def. Neha Velaga (PU) 7-5, 6-4
Maia Sung (PU) def. Ali Benedetto (Brown) 6-3, 6-4
Leena Bennetto (PU) def. Lindsey Hofflander (Brown) 6-4, 6-1
Eva Elbaz (PU) def. Gabby Soliman (Brown) 6-2, 6-2
Alice Ferlito (PU) def. Anne Yang (Brown) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Isabella Chhiv (PU) vs. Addison Ahlstrom (Brown) 6-4, 4-6, 5-3 unfinished

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