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Women's Tennis: No. 7 Sagehens Split Season Opener With 8-1 Loss Against UCSD And 9-0 Win Over Occidental

CLAREMONT, Calif. – The No. 7 ranked Pomona-Pitzer women's tennis team split their double header with a loss against division II No. 18 ranked UC San Diego, 8-1, and swept Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponent Occidental, 9-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Pauley Tennis Complex.

The Sagehens had a tough matchup against UCSD as they dropped all three of the doubles matches to start the day.

The only win for the Sagehens against the Tritons came in a singles match as freshman Caroline Casper sealed a win with a 10-8 tie breaker victory in the No. 2 spot.

Pomona-Pitzer had much more luck against Occidental as they began the competition with three-straight wins in the doubles matches.

Sophomores Maryann Zhao and Emily Chen started things off with an 8-2 win. Freshmen Joy Kim and Arianna Chen followed that up with an 8-0 victory and Casper and senior Mae Coyiuto finished off the doubles matches with an 8-0 win.

Pomona-Pitzer went on to win all of the singles matches as well. Kim got the first win for the Sagehens in the No. 1 spot with a 6-0, 6-1 victory and Casper followed that up with a 6-3, 6-1 win.

Sophomore Shivani Doraiswami, Zhao, Coyiuto and Chen all went on to win their singles matches in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 as the Sagehens moved to 1-1 on the year.

Pomona-Pitzer next takes the court at the ITA National Team Indoors on Friday, February 26th at 7 a.m.       

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Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Freshman
Arianna Chen

Arianna Chen

5' 6"
Freshman
Emily Chen

Emily Chen

5' 5"
Sophomore
Mae Coyiuto

Mae Coyiuto

5' 4"
Senior
Shivani Doraiswami

Shivani Doraiswami

5' 4"
Sophomore
Joy Kim

Joy Kim

5' 4"
Freshman
Maryann Zhao

Maryann Zhao

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Freshman
Arianna Chen

Arianna Chen

5' 6"
Freshman
Emily Chen

Emily Chen

5' 5"
Sophomore
Mae Coyiuto

Mae Coyiuto

5' 4"
Senior
Shivani Doraiswami

Shivani Doraiswami

5' 4"
Sophomore
Joy Kim

Joy Kim

5' 4"
Freshman
Maryann Zhao

Maryann Zhao

5' 6"
Sophomore