Molly Scott '11 and Mary Beth Winingham '10 made it to the semifinals of the Northeast Regional Tennis Indoor Championship doubles bracket at Yale last weekend.
The pair, seeded third, lost to a second-seeded duo from Brown, 8-5, on Monday after beating a fifth-seeded Harvard twosome. The Brown team, made up of sophomores Carissa Aboubakare and Cassandra Herzberg, went on to win the doubles portion of the tournament.
Scott said that, despite her desire to be playing at the end of the tournament, the pair played up to the expectation of the No. 3 seed.
The ninth-seeded pair of co-captain Jesse Adler '10 and Sarah Leonard '13 lost its match in the second round to a Rutgers tandem, 8-5.
The third Big Green doubles pair to compete, co-captain Julia Zak '10 and Carissa King '12, was unseeded, and lost 8-1 in the first round to a duo from Brown.
Head coach Robert Dallis said he believes that doubles play will be a point of focus for the Big Green will work on, specifically its formation work.
Adler echoed this sentiment, saying that doubles are always a work in progress.
In the singles bracket of the tournament, Dartmouth faced disappointment when each player who reached the third round of the tournament lost to a Harvard freshman.
Scott, who was seeded first in the tournament, lost in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, to Harvard freshman Sophie Chang.
"I am disappointed with the way the singles tournament turned out," Scott said. "But I am looking forward for ways to improve."
Leonard, who was having trouble with leg cramps, lost 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, and Adler lost 6-4, 6-1.
Dartmouth also had three other players compete in the singles tournament: King, Winingham and Christina Danosi '13. King and Danosi lost in the first round, while Winingham lost in the second round.
The Big Green finished a combined 9-9 at the tournament 4-6 in the singles and 5-3 in the doubles portion.
Dallis said he was pleased overall with the way the team performed at the competitive tournament.
"Our expectations are to win," he said. "But we did play well and competed the way we wanted to."
Adler said she believes that the team met most of its expectations.
"We played pretty well," she said. "We are happy with how we played and competed throughout the weekend."
Adler also said the team has improved from its last tournament, the Billie Jean King Invitational, which was two weeks ago. She said the team's performance during the fall, which is less team-oriented than the spring, was a strong indication for the team's chances this spring.
"The Ivy League is going to be tough," she said. "But we have the ability to be at the top."
Scott said she believes that the fall season is unique because the players compete individually.
"We try not to focus on the results we just try to perform well," she said.
The Big Green has one more fall tournament, the Big Green Invitational, which takes place Nov. 6-8 at the Alexis Boss Tennis Center in Hanover.
The tournament will include players from Boston University, the University of Massachusetts and St. John's University.
"We have beaten some high-level players," Dallis said. "We just try to get a little better every day."
