No. 58 Women's Tennis Topples No. 69 Yale, 6-1

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Ringblom earned her 17th win of the season (Zack Williamson).
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The No. 58 women's tennis team surpassed No. 69 Yale with a 6-1 result in New, Haven, Connecticut on Friday afternoon.

In doubles action, Harvard's No. 1 and 2 pairings topped the Bulldog earning the first point of the match. June Lee and Erica Oosterhout defeated Madeleine Hamilton and Tina Jiang with a score of 7-5, while Annika Ringblom and Sabrina Xiong earned a victory over Ree Ree Li and Carol Finke with a score of 6-2.

Six Crimson players tallied singles victories in its second-straight win in Ivy League play. Nikki Kallenberg topped Jiang with set scores of 6-3, 6-2, while Oosterhout defeated Ree Ree Li, 6-1, 6-0. Ringblom also tallied a win over Sherry Li, 6-2, 6-2. Xiong and He were the only two Crimson to go into the three set earning victories with scores of 6-4, 5-7, 10-6, and 5-7, 6-1, 10-8, respectively.

Harvard takes on No. 72 Brown in its final home contest of the season and will honor its lone senior in Amy He prior to the match.

Doubles: 1. Lee/Oosterhout (H) def. Hamilton/Jiang (Y) 2. Ringblom/Xiong (H) def. R. Li/Finke (Y) 3. Kallenberg/Jasper (H) lost to S. Li/Shklover (Y) Singles: 1. June Lee (H) lost to Hamilton (Y) 2. Nikki Kallenberg (H) def. Jiang (Y) 3. Erica Oosterhout (H) def. R. Li (Y) 4. Annika Ringblom (H) def. S. Li (Y) 5. Sabrina Xiong (H) def. C. Amos (Y) 6. Amy He (H) def. Yang (Y)

7-5 6-2 6-2 6-4, 6-4 6-3, 6-2 6-1, 6-0 6-2, 6-2 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 5-7, 6-1, 10-8