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PHILADELPHIA\u2013 The University of Pennsylvania women’s tennis team continued play\u00a0in the Ivy ITA Conference Masters in Cambridge, Mass. this weekend. On Saturday, the doubles team of Velaga\/Saw defeated Aggarwal\/Ha (Yale) in the quarterfinals and Yakoff\/Karra (Harvard) in the semifinals as they advanced to the championship match. Two out of three Quakers won in their singles backdraw matches as Wang defeated\u00a0Anne Moody (Brown) and Varsha Vedula<\/a> defeated Emma Baker (Cornell). The doubles championship match will take place Sunday, Oct. 26. Saturday, Oct. 25 Semifinals Singles (consolation) #FightOnPenn<\/p>\n \u00a0
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\nOn Friday, Sarah Wang<\/a>, Liza Tkachenko<\/a>, Lara Stojanovski<\/a> and Varsha Vedula<\/a> competed in singles. Tkachenko and Stojanovski also teamed up in doubles, along with Esha Velaga<\/a> and Joleen Saw<\/a>. Tkachenko won her first round matchup against Cornell’s Andrea Martinez before falling to Lauren Han of Dartmouth in the round of 64. Esha Velaga<\/a> and Joleen Saw<\/a> defeated Elise Wong and Brooke Hess of Dartmouth as they advanced to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
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\nRESULTS
\nFriday, Oct. 24
\nSingles
\nR128
\nLeena Friedman (Yale) def. Sarah Wang<\/a> (Penn), (6-1, 6-4)
\nLiza Tkachenko<\/a> (Penn) def. Andrea Martinez (Cornell), (6-4, 7-6)
\nAli Maguy (Brown) def. Lara Stojanovski<\/a> (Penn), (6-3, 6-3)
\nEmily Baek (Columbia) def. Varsha Vedula<\/a> (Penn), (6-2, 6-1)
\nR64
\nLauren Han (Dartmouth) def. Liza Tkachenko<\/a> (Penn), (7-6, 6-4)
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\nDoubles
\nR16
\nOwensby\/Shao (Harvard) def. Tkachenko\/Stojanovski (Penn), (8-3)
\nVelaga\/Saw (Penn) def. Wong\/Hess (Dartmouth), (8-2)<\/p>\n
\nDoubles
\nQuarterfinals
\nVelaga\/Saw def. Aggarwal\/ Ha (Yale), (8-6)<\/p>\n
\nVelaga\/Saw def. Yakoff\/Karra (Harvard), (6-3, 6-4)<\/p>\n
\nWang def. Moody (Brown), (6-4, 4-6, 10-6)
\nFedotova (Princeton) def. Stojanovski, (6-2, 6-3)
\nVedula def. Baker (Cornell)\u00a0(7-5, 1-6, 10-6)
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\nUp Next
\nVelaga and Saw will face Charlotte Owensby\u00a0and Claire Shao (Harvard) in the championship doubles match tomorrow with a chance to qualify for the ITA Conference Masters Championships on the line.
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