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Sagehens Shut Out Whittier In Regular Season Finale

Whittier, Calif. - The No. 6-ranked Women's Tennis team swept singles and doubles as it captured a 9-0 win over Whittier in its final regular season match of 2014.

The Sagehens improve to 14-5 overall on the year and 7-1 in the SCIAC, clinching the second seed in the conference tournament, which will be held at CMS on May 2-3. Whittier falls to 9-10 overall and 3-5 in the SCIAC with the loss.

Senior Sammy Chao (pictured) won at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in her final regular season match. She took a 6-1, 7-5 decision at singles after teaming with Lea Lynn Yen to win 8-4 in doubles. 

Mae Coyiuto and Arthi Padmanabhan also had a singles-doubles sweep, winning at No. 2 doubles 8-2. Coyiuto coasted to a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles, while Padmanabhan won 6-0, 4-6, 10-1 by dominating the first and third sets.  

Maddie Gordon, Claire Willey and Mallory Roth all breezed to straight-sets wins in singles at 4, 5 and 6, respectively, while Willey and Gordon played together in doubles for the first time in the No. 3 position and won 8-4. 

Pomona-Pitzer will next be in action at the Ojai Tournament next weekend before beginning the postseason on March 3 against seventh-seeded Caltech.

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Players Mentioned

Sammy Chao

Sammy Chao

Senior
Mae Coyiuto

Mae Coyiuto

5' 4"
Sophomore
Maddie Gordon

Maddie Gordon

5' 5"
Freshman
Arthi Padmanabhan

Arthi Padmanabhan

Senior
Mallory Roth

Mallory Roth

5' 8"
Freshman
Claire Willey

Claire Willey

Senior
Lea Lynn Yen

Lea Lynn Yen

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Sammy Chao

Sammy Chao

Senior
Mae Coyiuto

Mae Coyiuto

5' 4"
Sophomore
Maddie Gordon

Maddie Gordon

5' 5"
Freshman
Arthi Padmanabhan

Arthi Padmanabhan

Senior
Mallory Roth

Mallory Roth

5' 8"
Freshman
Claire Willey

Claire Willey

Senior
Lea Lynn Yen

Lea Lynn Yen

5' 6"
Sophomore