“We’re the veteran doubles team,” Oosterhout said of her and Lee’s consistency in the first doubles position. “We played last year together. We really try to use our experience to help the rest of the team, especially the freshmen. Unfortunately, we lost the doubles point to Columbia, but we were able to bounce back.”

Though Oosterhout lost a hard-fought No. 1 singles match in 7-6, 7-6, 11-9 tiebreaker, she relied on her teammates to anchor the victory, as they won four of the remaining five singles matches. Lee earned her 21st victory of the season with a 7-6, 6-2 performance against Columbia sophomore Andrea Kevakian in the second position, while Ringblom defeated Lions junior Adi Milstein 6-1, 6-3.

“Both matches came down to really close margins, and the whole team was supporting on every court,” Oosterhout said. “I think that was our major improvement, our support for each other while we’re playing.”

The team certainly had reason to cheer on the three freshmen who made their presence felt in the singles lineup for the Crimson. Lu tallied her 18th win of the season with a commanding 6-1, 7-5 victory over senior Vivian Cheng in the fifth position, and Friedl secured the winning point for the Crimson with her 6-4, 7-5 defeat of junior Rima Asatrian in the third position. Despite a close first set, Milunovich fell to fellow freshman Ali Pollack 7-6, 6-1 in the No. 4 singles slot.

“We have a fairly young squad, and all this away Ivy League match experience is definitely going to pay off nicely for us in the future,” said Green of her seven freshmen. “We feel like our team is getting stronger and also closer together, and we’re hoping to build on this momentum.”

—Staff writer Jamie Chen can be reached at jamie.chen@thecrimson.com.