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PRINCETON, N.J. \u2013 Harvard women’s tennis (3-3) fell to Brown in heartbreaking fashion, 4-3, in the opening round of the ECAC Championships this morning in New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Crimson opened the contest with early momentum as it won the doubles point with wins on court one and three.\u00a0 The recently ranked duo of Stephanie Yakoff<\/a> and Kavya Karra<\/a> struck first with a 6-3 victory on the top court.\u00a0 The Bears responded with their own 6-3 win at the No. 2 spot, but Harvard pulled out the point as Natalie Block<\/a> and Natasha Rajaram<\/a> won 6-4 on court three.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Bears quickly got on the board, however, with a win at the No. 4 spot.\u00a0 Yakoff provided the response for the Crimson as she defeated Ali Maguy (Brown) in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) to put Harvard back in front.\u00a0<\/p>\n With her first win of the dual-match season, Claire Shao<\/a> had Harvard in front 3-2.\u00a0 The first-year defeated Abigail Lee, 6-4, 7-5, on court three to put Harvard within a point of clinching with two matches outstanding.<\/p>\n Brown controlled the rest of the match, however, stealing wins on court five and two to upset Harvard.
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Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Order of finish: 4, 1, 6, 3, 5, 2<\/p>\n Next Up
\nHarvard \u2013 3, Brown \u2013 4
\nDoubles<\/p>\n
\n\tNo. 42 Kavya Karra<\/a>\/Stephanie Yakoff<\/a> (Harvard) def. Dani Ben-Abraham\/Hannah Shen (Brown), 6-3
\n\tAbigail Lee\/Chloe Qin (Brown) def. Kate Kim<\/a>\/Claire Shao<\/a> (Harvard), 6-3
\n\tNatalie Block<\/a>\/Natasha Rajaram<\/a> (Harvard) def. Ali Maguy\/Anne Moody (Brown), 6-4
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\nSingles<\/p>\n
\n\tStephanie Yakoff<\/a> (Harvard) def. Ali Maguy (Brown), 6-1, 6-2
\n\tHannah Shen (Brown) def. Kavya Karra<\/a> (Harvard), 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
\n\tClaire Shao<\/a> (Harvard) def. Abigail Lee (Brown), 6-4, 7-5
\n\tDani Ben-Abraham (Brown) def. Anna-Rapha\u00eblle Serghi<\/a> (Harvard), 6-0, 6-2
\n\tSari Woo (Brown) def. Kate Kim<\/a> (Harvard), 6-4, 7-5
\n\tAnne Yang (Brown) def. Andra Braicu<\/a> (Harvard), 6-2, 3-2 ret.
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\nHarvard will take on Princeton at 8:00 a.m. ET tomorrow in New Jersey.
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