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...national rankings. It is also the third in a row for the Crimson, which now holds an overall record of 8-3. “[Tulsa] was an okay team, but we were sure we were going to win,” junior Elsa O’Riain said. “It was nice to get an easy match after playing tough teams for so long.” For the third consecutive match, Harvard won the doubles point, a catalyst for strong singles play. Junior Preethi Mukundan and freshman Laura Peterzan got the Crimson rolling in doubles...
...from its No. 1 and No. 3 pairs, which proved critical for the Crimson later in the match. “If we didn’t win the doubles point we would have lost the match, so that was huge,” junior Elsa O’Riain said. At the top spot, O’Riain and senior Melissa Anderson started off strong as they led, 4-0, against the Tigers’ Carol Salge and Federica Val Adrichem. Clemson’s duo was able to cut the lead to 4-3 before...
Boasting a No. 4 national ranking in doubles, it’s no surprise that team co-captains Elsa O’Riain and Melissa Anderson have paced No. 13 Harvard women’s tennis to a surprising and fast start this season. On Sunday at the Murr Center Courts, it was a surprise the doubles team waited so long to show it. O’Riain and Anderson keyed a hard-fought 4-3 over No. 24 South Carolina (6-2), but it was not until the seventh game of the pair’s opening doubles round...
...They were a really tough team, and definitely a rising team,” junior Cindy Chu said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to challenge them again in the future in the NCAAs.”In doubles, co-captains Elsa O’Riain and Melissa Anderson, ranked sixth in the nation, came close to pulling an upset against the country’s No. 1 pair of Catrina and Christian Thompson, as the duo led, 6-5, late in the match. The All-American twins came back to tie the match and eventually...
...Saturday, Harvard convincingly won all three doubles matches to secure the crucial first point. Preethi Mukundan and Cindy Chu finished first, defeating Dijana Stanic and Jelena Krivacevic, 8-6, in the No. 3 match. The nation’s No. 6-ranked team of Elsa O’Riain and Melissa Anderson then defeated Sylvanie Spangenberg and Maria Zivicova, 8-6, in the No. 1 slot. Finally, after trailing 4-1, the team of Eva Wang and Stephanie Schnitter rallied to win seven straight games and give the Crimson the sweep in the doubles matches. O’Riain suffered...