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...three-time champion.“Obviously we knew that they were No. 1 and we were the underdogs,” freshman Beier Ko said, “but I thought we gave them a pretty good fight.”Junior Elsa O’Riain and senior Melissa Anderson lost for just the third time this year against the Cardinal’s Alice Barnes and Anne Yelsey by an 8-5 margin. In No. 2 doubles, Wang and sophomore Stephanie Schnitter went from being down 7-2 to narrowing the gap to 7-5 before falling...
...difficulty claiming the first point of the match in doubles competition, starting with an 8-1 win by Wang and sophomore Stephanie Schnitter at the No. 2 spot against BU’s Danielle Abraham and Cori Lefkowith. Following them was the duo of junior Elsa O’Riain and senior Melissa Anderson, whose dominance on the court during the fall has earned them a No. 6 ranking in the nation. The No. 1 Crimson pair triumphed 8-3 over the Terriers’ Gina Sabatino and Monica Shepherd, and junior Preethi Mukundan and freshman Laura Peterzan rolled over...
...remarkable fall season of Harvard women’s tennis co-captains Elsa O’Riain and Melissa Anderson came to an end on Friday afternoon at the ITA National Indoor Championships in Columbus, Ohio. The Crimson doubles team, which had won the ITA Eastern Regionals to earn a berth in the exclusive 16-team doubles field of the National Indoors, was edged 9-8 in the quarterfinals by Jenna Long and Sara Anundsen of North Carolina. After rallying for a come-from-behind victory over Aurelija Miseviciute and Ela Kaluder of Arkansas in their opening match on Thursday...
...beginning three years ago, and she did so by steamrolling the field without dropping a single set. Her win is the third major victory and first singles triumph by a member of the Crimson this fall, after co-captains and doubles partners Elsa O’Riain and Melissa Anderson won the Cissie Leary Memorial Tournament and the ITA Eastern Regionals. “Stephanie has certainly had a really good fall,” Harvard coach Gordon Graham said. “We could tell coming into the fall that she had really improved.” Schnitter entered...
Ever since joining forces at the beginning of the fall tournament season, Harvard women’s tennis co-captains Elsa O’Riain and Melissa Anderson have been nearly unbeatable. The duo continued their dominance on Tuesday afternoon in West Point, NY, defeating the Maryland team of Ramona But and Maryanne Baker 8-5 in the finals of the Wilson/ITA Eastern Regional Championship, winning the tournament’s doubles title. The victory earned the Crimson pair a berth in the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. “We’ve never really done this well...