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Women's Tennis

No. 3 Sagehens Take Down No. 2 Emory 7-2

CLAREMONT, CA. – The No. 3 Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team took down No. 2 Emory 7-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Pauley Tennis Complex.

Season Impact: with the win, the Sagehens improve to 6-1 overall.

The Sagehens fell behind after the doubles competition with just one win at No, 1 doubles as Nina Ye and Maria Lyven came away with an 8-5 win.  The Sagehens fell at No. 2 doubles with Marissa Markey and Angie Zhou falling 8-6 and Patria Aziz and Alex Coleman lost 8-6 at No. 3 doubles.

After trailing heading into singles, the Sagehens dominated the singles portion of the contest winning all six of the individual matches. The Sagehens started out with a win at No. 2 with Ye getting her second win of the day with a 6-2, 6-1 win followed by Janie Marcus with a win at No. 5 singles 6-3, 6-2.

Zhou came back to get a win at No. 3 singles after a tough battle in the first set for a 7-5 win and a 6-1 win in set two to put the Sagehens up 4-2 over Emory. The Sagehens went on to clinch at No. 6 singles with Georgia Ryan winning a three-set battle. Ryan fell in set one 6-1 but rallied to win sets two and three by the score of 6-2 to give the Sagehens the win.

Pomona-Pitzer finished with wins at No. 4 and No. 1 singles.  Markey got a three-set win after falling in set one 6-2, came back for a 6-2 win in set two and a 6-3 win at set three. Lyven ended the day for the Sagehens with a close 7-6 win and then capped off the upset with a 6-3 win to give the Sagehens the win over the Eagles.

Up Next: The Sagehens will next host Sewanee on March 14th at 10:00 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Patria Aziz

Patria Aziz

5' 4"
Junior
Pitzer
Alex Coleman

Alex Coleman

5' 9"
Sophomore
Pomona
Maria Lyven

Maria Lyven

5' 8"
Senior
Pomona
Janie Marcus

Janie Marcus

5' 6"
Junior
Pomona
Marissa Markey

Marissa Markey

5' 6"
Freshman
Pitzer
Georgia Ryan

Georgia Ryan

5' 6"
Junior
Pomona
Nina Ye

Nina Ye

5' 9"
Sophomore
Pomona
Angie Zhou

Angie Zhou

5' 6"
Freshman
Pomona

Players Mentioned

Patria Aziz

Patria Aziz

5' 4"
Junior
Pitzer
Alex Coleman

Alex Coleman

5' 9"
Sophomore
Pomona
Maria Lyven

Maria Lyven

5' 8"
Senior
Pomona
Janie Marcus

Janie Marcus

5' 6"
Junior
Pomona
Marissa Markey

Marissa Markey

5' 6"
Freshman
Pitzer
Georgia Ryan

Georgia Ryan

5' 6"
Junior
Pomona
Nina Ye

Nina Ye

5' 9"
Sophomore
Pomona
Angie Zhou

Angie Zhou

5' 6"
Freshman
Pomona