NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team dropped third-seeded Harvard on Friday afternoon, 4-1, to advance to Saturday's ECAC Championship semifinals and improve to 4-0 for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

Freshman Iuliia Bryzgalova continued her outstanding debut campaign with two more victories, including a singles victory over 75th-ranked Erica Oosterhout at No. 1 in convincing fashion, 6-0, 7-6. She combined with OJ Singh to take down the Crimson's No. 2 doubles pair that included Oosterhout to help Penn earn the doubles point. The other doubles victory came from Ashley Zhu and Mimi Levine at No. 3 to secure the 1-0 lead into singles play.

In addition to Bryzgalova's victory, Marija Curnic and Ashley Zhu turned in emphatic performances to drop Harvard at both No. 3 and 4 singles and move the Quakers to the semifinals.

Penn will take on the winner of Columbia/Yale on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m.

#6 Penn 4, #3 Harvard 1
Doubles:
1. Marta Kowalska/Marija Curnic (Penn) vs. Rachel Lim/Jenna Friedel (Harvard), DNF
2. Iuliia Bryzgalova/OJ Singh (Penn) def. Erica Oosterhout/Natasha Gonzalez (Harvard) 6-1
3. Ashley Zhu/Mimi Levine (Penn) def. Anna Li/Annika Bassey (Harvard) 6-4

Singles:
1. Iuliia Bryzgalova (Penn) def. #75 Erica Oosterhout (Harvard) 6-0, 7-6
2. Marta Kowalska (Penn) vs. Jenna Friedel (Harvard), DNF
3. Marija Curnic (Penn) def. Rachel Lim (Harvard) 6-4, 6-2
4. Ashley Zhu (Penn) def. Rachel Eason (Harvard) 6-3, 6-0
5. Natasha Gonzalez (Harvard) def. OJ Singh (Penn) 6-1, 6-4
6. Mimi Levine (Penn) vs. Irene Lu (Harvard), DNF

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