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Women's Tennis: Caroline Casper Wins No. 1 Singles In Sixth Street Battle

CLAREMONT, CA. – The Sixth Street Rivalry match on Wednesday night between the No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis Team and the No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas had plenty of fireworks, with some tight results, but it was the Athenas who prevailed 7-2.

Season Impact: The Sagehens are now 14-4 overall and 6-1 in the SCIAC.

The Sagehens dropped their first two doubles match. Grace Hruska and Lucy Jiang took an 8-3 loss in no. 1 doubles to Caroline Cox and Catherine Allen. Caroline Casper and Jay Kim fell 8-4 in no. 2 doubles to Sarah Bahsoun and Nicole Tan. However, Arianna Chen and Rebecca Salaway managed to secure one point after defeating Rebecca Berger and Madison Shea in a comeback victory 8-6.

Caroline Casper showed why she was the No. 5 singles player in the nation, defeating No. 26 Catherine Allen in two sets 7-6 (4) and 6-4 in no. 1 singles. Arianna Chen almost won against Nicole Tan in no. 2 singles, losing the first set 6-3 and coming back in the second 6-4 before dropping the final set 10-9. Lucy Jiang lost to Rebecca Berger in no. 3 with a pair of 6-1 sets while Jacinta Chen dropped her no. 4 singles match with Sydney Lee 7-5 and 6-1. In no. 5, Rebecca Salaway fell to Caroline Cox 6-1 and 6-0 and Melisha Dogra lost her no. 6 match with Sarah Bahsoun 6-2 and 6-1.

 

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Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Senior
Pomona
Arianna Chen

Arianna Chen

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Jacinta Chen

Jacinta Chen

5' 8"
Sophomore
Pomona
Grace Hruska

Grace Hruska

5' 9"
Senior
Pitzer
Lucy Jiang

Lucy Jiang

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Jay Kim

Jay Kim

5' 2"
Junior
Pitzer
Rebecca Salaway

Rebecca Salaway

5' 7"
Junior
Pomona
Melisha Dogra

Melisha Dogra

5' 5"
Senior
Pitzer

Players Mentioned

Caroline Casper

Caroline Casper

5' 5"
Senior
Pomona
Arianna Chen

Arianna Chen

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Jacinta Chen

Jacinta Chen

5' 8"
Sophomore
Pomona
Grace Hruska

Grace Hruska

5' 9"
Senior
Pitzer
Lucy Jiang

Lucy Jiang

5' 6"
Senior
Pomona
Jay Kim

Jay Kim

5' 2"
Junior
Pitzer
Rebecca Salaway

Rebecca Salaway

5' 7"
Junior
Pomona
Melisha Dogra

Melisha Dogra

5' 5"
Senior
Pitzer