Nobody is perfect, but the Harvard women's tennis team certainly is close.
Even though the team's 10-10 overall record is nothing to brag about, its 6-0 Ivy record certainly is.
In two hard fought matches, the Crimson defeated Brown (14-6, 2-4), 5-4 on Friday and Yale, 6-3, yesterday to clinch a share of the Ivy title. HARVARD 5 Brown 4 Little did the Crimson know, however, that the weekend might also mean the end of captain Ivy Wang's collegiate career. Her recurring shoulder injury flared up again forcing her to retire from her match against Yale. Harvard 5, Brown 4 In Providence on Friday, the Crimson used two doubles victories to secure the 5-4 match victory against the Bears. "We knew it was going to be tough," Wang said. "We lost to them two years ago for the Ivy title." Wang lost a three-set heartbreaker at No. 1 singles against Brown's Sanranga Sangakkara, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. Brown's Julia Martynova defeated junior Vedica Jain in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 for the No. 2 singles win. The Crimson swept the next three singles matches, with No. 3 Andrea Magyera and No. 5 Fleur Broughton winning in straight sets. No.4 Sanaz Ghazal beat Brown's Leela Raju 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a tight match. "I was playing a girl who was a senior, and it was her last match of her career," Ghazal said. "She came out pretty confident. I just had to stay focused." At No. 6 singles, the Crimson's Sarah McGinty fell to Irene Adsur in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. Brown's No. 1 doubles team of Martynova and Raju handed Jain and Magyera an 8-4 loss. That would be the Bears' only doubles win as the Crimson would cruise at the Nos. 2 and 3 doubles spots. Ghazal and Broughton won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles. Read more in Sports
