CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sacramento State ended its East Coast swing with a 4-3 loss to ninth-ranked Harvard on Sunday afternoon at the Murr Center Courts. The Crimson improved to 5-1 on the season, while the Hornets are now 2-2.
Harvard swept the doubles matches, with Elsa O''Riain and Melissa Anderson defeating Margarita Karnaukhova and Anatassia Lyssenko, 9-8(2). At No. 2 doubles, Eva Wang and Stephanie Schnitter defeated Sacramento State’s Luba Schifris and Karina Jarlkarganova, 8-1. Harvard’s No. 3 team of Preethi Mukundan and Cindy Chu defeated the Hornets’ Cecilia Helland and Svetlana Pimenova, 8-6.
In singles play, Karnaukhova defeated Wang at the No. 1 spot, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0(5). Schifris earned the Hornets second point at the No.2 spot, handling O''Riain, 6-1, 6-1. Helland picked up Sacramento State’s third point at the No.5 spot with a 7-5, 2-6, 1-0(7) win over Mukundan.
Next up for Sacramento State is a trip to Loyola Marymount on Friday.
Harvard 4, Sacramento State 3
Doubles:
No. 1 (6) Elsa O''Riain/Melissa Anderson (H) def. Margarita Karnaukhova/Anatassia Lyssenko (SAC), 9-8(2)
No. 2 Eva Wang/Stephanie Schnitter (H) def. Luba Schifris/Karina Jarlkarganova (SAC), 8-1
No. 3 Preethi Mukundan/Cindy Chu (H) def. Cecilia Helland/ Svetlana Pimenova (SAC), 8-6
Singles:
No. 1 (82) Margarita Karnaukhova (SAC) def. Eva Wang (H), 6-3,5-7,1-0(5)
No. 2 Luba Schifris (SAC) def. Elsa O''Riain (H), 6-1,6-1
No. 3 Beier Ko (H) def. Karina Jarlkaganova (SAC), 6-2,6-3
No. 4 Melissa Anderson (H) def. Anatassia Lyssenko (SAC), 6-0,6-1
No. 5 Cecilia Helland (SAC) def. (67) Preethi Mukundan (H), 7-5,2-6,1-0(7)
No. 6 Stephanie Schnitter (H) def. Irina Taranenko (SAC), 6-2,6-2
