PHILADELPHIA– The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team continued play in the Ivy ITA Conference Masters in Cambridge, Mass. this weekend.
 
On Friday, Sarah Wang, Liza Tkachenko, Lara Stojanovski and Varsha Vedula competed in singles. Tkachenko and Stojanovski also teamed up in doubles, along with Esha Velaga and Joleen Saw. Tkachenko won her first round matchup against Cornell's Andrea Martinez before falling to Lauren Han of Dartmouth in the round of 64. Esha Velaga and Joleen Saw defeated Elise Wong and Brooke Hess of Dartmouth as they advanced to the quarterfinals.

On Saturday, the doubles team of Velaga/Saw defeated Aggarwal/Ha (Yale) in the quarterfinals and Yakoff/Karra (Harvard) in the semifinals as they advanced to the championship match. Two out of three Quakers won in their singles backdraw matches as Wang defeated Anne Moody (Brown) and Varsha Vedula defeated Emma Baker (Cornell). The doubles championship match will take place Sunday, Oct. 26.
 
RESULTS
Friday, Oct. 24
Singles
R128
Leena Friedman (Yale) def. Sarah Wang (Penn), (6-1, 6-4)
Liza Tkachenko (Penn) def. Andrea Martinez (Cornell), (6-4, 7-6)
Ali Maguy (Brown) def. Lara Stojanovski (Penn), (6-3, 6-3)
Emily Baek (Columbia) def. Varsha Vedula (Penn), (6-2, 6-1)
R64
Lauren Han (Dartmouth) def. Liza Tkachenko (Penn), (7-6, 6-4)
 
Doubles
R16
Owensby/Shao (Harvard) def. Tkachenko/Stojanovski (Penn), (8-3)
Velaga/Saw (Penn) def. Wong/Hess (Dartmouth), (8-2)

Saturday, Oct. 25
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Velaga/Saw def. Aggarwal/ Ha (Yale), (8-6)

Semifinals
Velaga/Saw def. Yakoff/Karra (Harvard), (6-3, 6-4)

Singles (consolation)
Wang def. Moody (Brown), (6-4, 4-6, 10-6)
Fedotova (Princeton) def. Stojanovski, (6-2, 6-3)
Vedula def. Baker (Cornell) (7-5, 1-6, 10-6)
 
Up Next
Velaga and Saw will face Charlotte Owensby and Claire Shao (Harvard) in the championship doubles match tomorrow with a chance to qualify for the ITA Conference Masters Championships on the line.