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Women's Tennis: No. 4 Sagehens Blank No. 5 Williams 9-0

CLAREMONT, CA. – The No. 4 Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team swept No. 5 Williams 9-0 on Wednesday morning at the Pauley Tennis Complex.

Season Impact: with the win, the Sagehens improve to 7-2 overall.

Pomona-Pitzer began the day by sweeping the doubles competition against the Ephs. The Sagehens got going in a big way at No. 2 doubles as the team of Arianna Chen and Lucy Jiang didn't lose a single game as they earned a quick 8-0 victory. The first-year duo of Maria Lyven and Margherita Andreassi took care of their opponents at the No. 1 spot as well as Caroline Casper and Jay Kim at No. 3 as they both finished off Williams 8-5 to take a 3-0 lead into singles.

The Sagehens kept their strong play going into singles with an early win at the No. 6 spot with Rebecca Salaway coming away with a 6-1, 6-0 win. Pomona-Pitzer then went on to clinch with a simultaneous finish at No. 2 and No. 5. Lyven and Jiang finished off their opponents at the exact same time with Lyven taking a 6-1, 6-2 win and Jiang earning a 6-1, 6-3 win to put the Sagehens up 6-0 over the Ephs.

Andreassi kept the wins coming at No. 4 singles with a win in straight-sets by the scores 6-1, 6-3 and Casper followed up with a win at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-4.  Chen finished off the only three-set match of the day as she dropped the first set 6-2 but came back with a 6-1 win and finished off the third set 10-8 to earn the sweep over Williams.

Up Next: The Sagehens will next host Bowdoin on March 21st at 10:00 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Senior
Pomona
Arianna Chen

Arianna Chen

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Lucy Jiang

Lucy Jiang

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Jay Kim

Jay Kim

5' 2"
Junior
Pitzer
Margherita Andreassi

Margherita Andreassi

5' 6"
Freshman
Pomona
Rebecca Salaway

Rebecca Salaway

5' 7"
Junior
Pomona
Maria Lyven

Maria Lyven

5' 8"
Senior
Pomona

Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Senior
Pomona
Arianna Chen

Arianna Chen

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Lucy Jiang

Lucy Jiang

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Jay Kim

Jay Kim

5' 2"
Junior
Pitzer
Margherita Andreassi

Margherita Andreassi

5' 6"
Freshman
Pomona
Rebecca Salaway

Rebecca Salaway

5' 7"
Junior
Pomona
Maria Lyven

Maria Lyven

5' 8"
Senior
Pomona