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Veteran Leads Harvard Squad at Tourney

Freshman Amy He and junior Hannah Morrill won two matches on Friday to advance to Saturday’s round of 16. The pair lost to Lindsay Graff and Amanda Muliawan of Princeton, 8-2, after defeating Cornell’s Laila Judeh and Ryann Young, 8-5, and Farleigh Dickinson’s Dina Guzairova and Anna Rapoport, 8-4.

In addition, Li and Lin teamed up to advance past the round of 64, defeating Seton Hall’s Chloe Sher and Rocio Portela-Berriors, 8-3, before losing to Boston College’s Olga Khmylev and Jessica Wacnik, 8-6. Blosser and Kong dropped their first match to Nicole Bartnik and Crystal Leung of Columbia, 8-6.

“The Ivy League as well as the Northeastern region is very competitive this year and is getting tougher and tougher,” Green said. “We’ve got to just hunker down and work on doubles as much as possible so that we can be ready, not just for these weeks in October, but also for the spring season.”

On Tuesday, Princeton’s Muliawan defeated Columbia’s Vaidya, 6-4, 6-4, for the singles title, and Sol Eskenazi and Sonya Latyecheva of Penn defeated Columbia’s Bianca Sanson and Tiana Takenaga in the doubles final. The wins qualify Muliawan, Eskenazi, and Latyecheva for the Columbia-hosted USA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which will be held Nov. 8-11 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

The Crimson, meanwhile, will now get back to work to prepare to host the Nov. 9-11 Harvard Invitational—its fall season finale.

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“Overall, I’m pleased with our performance, but I think there’s definitely room for improvement. Hopefully, this next tournament will be the peak,” Tachibana said.

“I’m hoping that the team can be a little more consistent [in] the next couple of weeks. Our fitness is there, and our doubles have been improving each week as well,” Green added. “If we can improve in our shot selection and consistency, we should be fine.”

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