Two weeks ago the women's tennis team had a 1-3 record after disappointing losses to Penn and Boston University.
Things have changed.
This weekend the Big Green turned in an impressive sweep of Brown and Yale to take over second place in the Ivy League with a 5-1 record.
Wednesday, the Big Green travel to Cambridge to take on the Crimson. If Dartmouth wins, the 1995 squad will become the first ever Dartmouth women's tennis team to win the Ivy League championship.
"As for Harvard, we're all going to give it everything we've got.Having come in second several times, but never winning the title in 22 years, has given us more reason to put our heart and our soul into this upcoming match," Tracy Lee '98 said. "The Crimson are going to have to be their best because we are all going to give 100 percent."
"It was great to win two matches on the road," co-captain Kiyoe Hashimoto '95 said. "Both were very decisive wins, a team effort in which everyone contributed."
The team took on Yale Friday. Yale got a boost as it won the first and second singles matches.
But that was all the Bulldogs could get as Hashimoto, Trudy Muller '96, Kallie Buehler '97 and Katie Kirkmire '98 took theremaining singles matches.
Yale won the first doubles spot, but was stopped at second and third as the Big Green took the doubles point.
The team traveled to Providence, where it destroyed Brown 6-1.
Brown scored its only point in the number one singles match as regionally ranked Trishna Patel beat Deb Healy '95 in straight sets.
"This weekend was a milestone for us because we went in and did what we needed to do. There were no second thoughts involved," Buehler said. "Both teams were tough and a loss was definitely possible, especially playing on their home fronts."
Dartmouth is currently on a four-match winning streak. Two weeks ago, the team was suffering from third set syndrome. The team was able to force their opponents to a third set, but not able to pull through with a win.
The turn-around has been quick and complete. Now, the team has both the depth and the confidence to win the Ivy League title. The team's main strength is its depth, especially in the doubles matches.
The three doubles matches are played first. Winning the doubles point, as Dartmouth always does, gives the team a big boost heading into the singles matches.
