Women’s Tennis Takes Hot Start to ECAC Championship This Weekend

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team heads to its first tournament of the spring, carrying a 7-0 record into the ECAC Championship hosted by Harvard Feb. 9-11

ECAC Championship
Friday, Feb. 9-11 | First match at 5 p.m. against Brown
Cambridge, Mass. | Murr Center
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Last Time Out
Penn won its seventh straight dual last week, edging Delaware out 4-3 at home. Freshman Liza Tkachenko clinched the match for the Quakers after topping Juleta Honrubia (Delaware) 6-4, 6-3 in the fifth slot of singles. First-years Esha Velaga and Tkachenko won the sole doubles matchup for the Red and Blue against Delaware. The Quakers found their footing in the singles portion of the match, with Iris Gallo getting Penn's first point of the dual from a 6-2, 6-2 win over Maryia Hrynashka. Senior Eileen Wang won her contest with Alina Vasilenko 6-2, 6-2 in the #3 slot to tally another point for the Red and Blue to keep the dual alive. A first-slot victory win from Velaga helped tie up the match to allow Tkachenko to secure the Quakers' seventh straight spring victory.

7-0
The Quakers hold their best spring record since the 1998-99 season when Penn opened the spring portion of its campaign with 15 straight wins.

Esha in the Rankings
In the newest ITA women's tennis Division I rankings, freshman Velaga is ranked 74th in the singles rankings based on her 4-0 start to the spring season.

The Field
It's an all Ivy field in Cambridge this weekend as Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale join the Quakers and host Harvard.

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Players Mentioned

Iris Gallo: 5' 4"; Senior

Eileen Wang: 5' 4"; Junior

Esha Velaga: Freshman

Liza Tkachenko: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Iris Gallo
: 5' 4"; Senior

Eileen Wang
: 5' 4"; Junior

Esha Velaga
: Freshman

Liza Tkachenko
: Freshman