Women's Tennis Battles to Beat Penn in First Round of ECAC Championship

Friday, February 9

Cambridge, Mass.

5 p.m.

Brown University

Penn

Photo by: Ashton Daniel Robertson

Women's Tennis Battles to Beat Penn in First Round of ECAC Championship

2/9/2024 11:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Brown women's tennis secured a hard-fought victory in the first round of the ECAC Championship, 4-2, over Penn on Friday.

"Today's win highlighted our team's ability to dig deep and compete relentlessly," said Head Coach Lucie Schmidhauser. "Even when our players didn't play their best, they kept fighting and, in the end, we were able to outcompete a tough Penn team. I was proud of all of our players today and their commitment to put everything on the line."

The Bears were challenged all night. The first doubles point was not easy to get as junior Lindsey Hofflander and sophomore Phoebe Peus took a tiebreaker at first doubles (7⁸-6⁶), while senior Ali Benedetto and junior Addison Ahlstrom won second doubles (7-5).

Penn tied the match after taking third singles. Freshman Anne Yang then won sixth singles (6-2, 6-1) and the Quakers made it a 2-2 match with a victory at first singles. Brown pulled away for the win as sophomore Vivian Miller took fourth singles (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) and Peus won second singles (6-4, 2-6, 6-4) both in three sets.

UP NEXT
Brown faces third-seeded Columbia in the semifinal matchup on Saturday at 5 p.m.

DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 34 Hofflander / Peus (Brown) def. Velaga / Wang (Penn) 7⁸-6⁶
Benedetto / Ahlstrom (Brown) def. Urata / Gallo (Penn) 7-5
Tkachenko / Motlagh (Penn) def. Miller / Ben-Abraham (Brown) 7-5

SINGLES RESULTS
Esha Velaga (Penn) def, Ali Benedetto (Brown) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Phoebe Peus (Brown) def. Eileen Wang (Penn) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Gavriella Smith (Penn) def. Lindsey Hofflander (Brown) 6-3, 6-3
Vivian Miller (Brown) def. Iris Gallo (Penn) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Dani Ben-Abraham (Brown) vs. Sasha Motlagh (Penn) 4-6, 7⁷-6⁵, 5-3 unfinished
Anne Yang (Brown) def. Elizabeth Tkachenko (Penn) 6-2, 6-1

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