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Posted: Mar 09, 2023

#11 Tartans Top #27 Kenyon and NC Wesleyan

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Team Stats
Doubles
  • Danna Taylor / Crystal Zhou def. Eleni Dakos / Eleni Lazaridou 8-4
  • Manuela Van Cotthem / Bin Zheng def. Allaire Berl / Erika Pontillo 8-7 (7-0)
  • Zoe Angell / Anna Chow def. Natalie Connelly / Lalasa Nagireddy 8-6
Singles
  • Eleni Lazaridou def. Sarah Yang 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 1-0 (10-8)
  • Danna Taylor def. Allaire Berl 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
  • Crystal Zhou def. Eleni Dakos 6-4, 6-4
  • Manuela Van Cotthem def. Catriona MacIntosh 6-1, 6-4
  • Divya Venkatarama def. Erika Pontillo 6-0, 6-0
  • Lalasa Nagireddy def. Zoe Angell 6-1, 6-2
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Kristal Dule / Eliaz Miranda def. Danna Taylor / Crystal Zhou 8-6
  • Manuela Van Cotthem / Bin Zheng def. Elisa Mariotti / Julie Schoorsmans 8-3
  • Anna Chow / Divya Venkatarama def. Bethan Fothergill / C. Mendoza Romero 8-0
Singles
  • Sarah Yang def. Kristal Dule 6-3, 6-3
  • Crystal Zhou def. Elisa Mariotti FINAL - RETIREMENT
  • Manuela Van Cotthem def. C. Mendoza Romero 6-3, 6-2
  • Divya Venkatarama def. Eliaz Miranda FINAL - RETIREMENT
  • Anika Joshi def. Bethan Fothergill 6-2, 6-2
  • Anna Chow def. Miguelina Paiva 6-1, 6-0

(ORLANDO, Fla.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team, ranked 11th in the nation, won a pair of contests on Thursday, March 9 during its spring trip in Orlando, Florida. The Tartans started the day with a 7-2 win against 27th-ranked Kenyon College and closed the evening with an 8-1 win against North Carolina Wesleyan College. The Tartans are now 12-3 for the season.

Inside the Results

  • The Tartans earned three doubles points against Kenyon with the number two pair of senior Bin Zheng and freshman Manuela Van Cotthem taking the third point with an 8-7 (7-0) win.
  • The Tartans won singles matches at the second through fifth spots against Kenyon with Van Cotthem earning match point at fourth singles with a 6-1, 6-4 win.
  • Junior Danna Taylor won her 11th singles match of the season and holds a 4-1 record at the second position for the year after a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) victory.
  • The Tartans held a 2-1 lead against N.C. Wesleyan following doubles play. The first-year pair of Anna Chow and Divya Venkatarama finished their match first with an 8-0 score at the third position.
  • The Tartans picked up a set of quick singles wins at the second and fourth positions after retirements by the N.C. Wesleyan players.
  • Chow secured the team victory with a 6-1, 6-0 win at sixth singles.

Up Next

The Tartans close the Florida trip with a 7:30 a.m. match against Haverford College on Friday, March 10.