CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team won its final match of the ECAC Championship on Sunday afternoon in Cambridge, topping Cornell 4-2.
 
Penn placed seventh at the championship off a singles win from Saige Roshkoff, who clinched the match in the fifth slot.
 
Freshman Esha Velaga opened the singles round with the match-tying win over Cornell's Emma Baker 6-2 6-2. Liza Tkachenko kept the Quakers' momentum going with a win over Gia Graziano to give the Red and Blue a 2-1 lead that they would not relinquish.
 
Senior Eileen Wang won a three-set thriller against Jenny Wong, winning the first set 6-2 before falling to Wong 7-6 in the second. Wang prevailed, winning the third 6-4 to push Penn's lead to 3-1.
 
Junior Roshkoff secured the Red and Blue's win in her bout with Alexandra Savu, edging the Big Red out 6-2, 6-3, to land the Quakers seventh place at the tournament.
 
Freshmen Tkachenko and Sasha Motlagh won the Quakers' only doubles matchup of the day, edging out Baker and Graziano 6-4.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (8-2, 2-1 Ivy League) head to Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 17, to take on #23 Georgia Tech at 11 a.m. at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
 
Results
Doubles
Michelle Ryndin/Alexandra Savu def. Eileen Wang/Esha Velaga, 7-6
Jenny Wong/Victoria Zhao def. Iris Gallo/Maya Urata, 6-2
Liza Tkachenko/Sasha Motlagh def. Emma Baker/Gia Graziano, 6-4
Doubles Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1*
 
Singles
Esha Velaga def. Emma Baker – 6-2, 6-2
Michelle Ryndin def. Gavriella Smith – 1-6, 7-6, 6-1
Eileen Wang def. Jenny Wong – 6-2, 6-7, 6-4
Liza Tkachenko def. Gia Graziano – 6-2, 7-5
Iris Gallo def. Alexandra Savu – 6-2, 6-3
Maya Urata vs. Martina Marcia – 6-3, 2-0 DNF
Singles Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3, 2, 5*