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Women's Tennis: No. 5 Sagehens Take Down No. 3 CMS 5-4

CLAREMONT, Calif. – The No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer women's tennis team upset No. 3 ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5-4 on Friday afternoon at the Pauley Tennis Complex.

The Pomona-Pitzer win over CMS was the first time the women's team defeated the Athenas in five years.

The Sagehens started out with a 2-1 deficit as they lost two of the three doubles matches to start the day.

The lone win for the Sagehens in the doubles competition came in the No. 1 doubles match as the team of sophomore Maryann Zhao and sophomore Emily Chen defeated their opponents 8-5.

Pomona-Pitzer went on to take four of the six singles matches against the Athenas. The first of which came as senior Lea Lynn Yen took a win in the No. 6 singles match by the score of 6-2, 6-2.

Sophomore Shivani Doraiswami took the next win for the Sagehens in the No. 4 singles match as she defeated her opponent 7-6, 6-2.

Freshman Caroline Casper won the No. 1 singles match with a win in the third set by the score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 and Zhao clinched the win for Pomona-Pitzer in the No. 3 singles match with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 victory.

"Great comeback win for the Hens. Solid singles performance from everyone on the team", said Head Coach Ann Lebedeff. "Congrats to the No. 1 doubles team of Emily Chen and Maryann Zhao beating the No. 1 regional team of Ward and Kuosman and Caroline Casper beating No. 1 regional singles player Caroline Ward."

The Sagehens next take the court as they travel to SCIAC opponent Chapman on Saturday, April 2nd at 2:00 p.m. 

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Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Freshman
Emily Chen

Emily Chen

5' 5"
Sophomore
Shivani Doraiswami

Shivani Doraiswami

5' 4"
Sophomore
Lea Lynn Yen

Lea Lynn Yen

5' 7"
Senior
Maryann Zhao

Maryann Zhao

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Freshman
Emily Chen

Emily Chen

5' 5"
Sophomore
Shivani Doraiswami

Shivani Doraiswami

5' 4"
Sophomore
Lea Lynn Yen

Lea Lynn Yen

5' 7"
Senior
Maryann Zhao

Maryann Zhao

5' 6"
Sophomore