CLAREMONT, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team came away with a pair of 9-0 wins over Trinity and SCIAC opponent Occidental on Saturday afternoon at the Pauley Tennis Courts.
Season Impact: with the wins, the Sagehens move to 3-0 to start the year and 1-0 in conference play.
Pomona-Pitzer 9, Trinity 0
The Sagehens started out the day taking all three doubles against the Tigers. Nina Ye and Maria Lyven took a win at No. 1 doubles 8-1 as well as Amelia Poor and Patria Aziz who also notched an 8-1 win at no. 3 doubles. The Sagehens had a close battle at No. 2 doubles but the team of Angie Zhou and Marissa Markey came out with the 8-6 victory.
The Sagehens went on to sweep the singles competition and didn't drop a single set. Lyven got her singles win at No. 1 singles 6-2,6-1 while Nina Ye didn't drop a game with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 2. Zhou won 6-0 in the first set and then her opponent was retired to win at No. 3. Markey earned a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles while Georgia Ryan played singles at No. 4 and won 6-3, 6-0. The Sagehens ended the match with Poor coming away with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles as the Sagehens swept the No. 19 ranked Tigers.
Pomona-Pitzer 9, Occidental 0
The Sagehens took all three doubles to start their first SCIAC competition of the season. Ryan and Janie Marcus led off with a win at No.1 doubles 8-4 while Alex Coleman and Samantha Moore-Thomson won at No. 2 doubles 8-1 and Alicia Carmona Cornejo and Melisha Dogra won at No. 3, 8-0.
The Sagehens went on to win all six singles matches as well. Zhou earned a win at No. 1 singles 6-0, 6-4 and Marcus doubled up on her wins with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. Coleman earned a singles win at No. 3, 6-1, 6-4 while Carmona Cornejo got the 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles. The Sagehens made quick work at No. 5 and No. 6 singles as Moore-Thomson didn't drop a game at 6-0, 6-0 and Dogra drop one game with a 6-0, 6-1 win.
Up Next: The Sagehens will next compete in the ITA Indoor National Championships on Friday, March 4th at 6:00 a.m. PST
