PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team left Old Nassau with a 4-3 victory over #48
 
Eileen Wang clinched the match in the #4 singles slot off a three-set thriller over Alice Ferlito to secure Penn its first win over Princeton since 2008.
 
The Red and Blue brought a 1-0 lead into singles after grabbing the doubles points from victories in the first two slots. Sabine Rutlauka and Wang started the dual off strong with a 6-1 bout over Eva Elbaz and Leena Bennetto. Esha Velaga and Maya Urata gave Penn the one-point lead off a 6-2 win over Maia Sung and Madeleine Jessup to wrap up the doubles round.
 
Junior Rutlauka opened singles with a quick 6-2, 6-3 win over Princeton's Bennetto in the second slot to bump the lead to 2-0. The Tigers struck back in the #5 and #6 slots to tie the match at two. Princeton kept its streak going, taking the third slot contest as well to take a 3-2 lead.
 
The final two bouts were three-set fights that carried Penn past Princeton. Freshman Velaga rallied 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 against her sister Neha Velaga to knot the battle up at three. Junior Wang battled back in her dual with Ferlito, dropping the first set 3-6 before winning the next two 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) to secure the Quakers' first Ivy League win of the season and first over the Tigers since the 2008 campaign.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (13-5, 1-0) return to the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday, April 5, for a 2 p.m. matchup with the Cornell Big Red at the Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
 
Doubles
Sabine Rutlauka/Eileen Wang def. Eva Elbaz/Leena Bennetto, 6-1
Sasha Motlagh/Iris Gallo vs. Maia Sung/Madeleine Jessup, 4-3 DNF
Esha Velaga/Maya Urata def. Neha Velaga/Alice Ferlito, 6-2 
Doubles Order of Finish: 1, 3*
 
Singles
Esha Velaga def. Neha Velaga – 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Sabine Rutlauka def. Leena Bennetto – 6-2, 6-3
Maia Sung def. Gavriella Smith – 6-3, 6-2
Eileen Wang def. Alice Ferlito – 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Madeleine Jessup def. Iris Gallo – 6-4, 6-0
Eva Elbaz def. Maya Urata – 6-1, 6-2 
Singles Order of Finish: 2, 5, 6, 3, 1, 4*