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Sagehens Finish Fourth At ITA Indoors

NICHOLASVILLVE, KY. – The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team finished in fourth place at the ITA Indoor Championships after their 5-4 loss against MIT on Sunday morning.

The Sagehens fell behind in doubles after they dropped two of the three matches to MIT. Samantha Moore-Thomson and Janie Marcus earned the only win of the doubles matches for the Sagehens with an 8-7 (7-1) tiebreaker win at the #3 spot.  MIT went on to take wins at #1 and #2 after Nina Ye and Lauren Rha fell 8-6 and Marissa Markey and Angie Zhou lost 8-4.

After falling behind in doubles, the Sagehens came storming back in singles play after earning the first three wins with Zhou getting a quick win at #1 singles with a win over Sarah Pertsmelidis 6-1, 6-1, Ye winning at #2 against Alaina Kolli 6-2, 6-1 and Markey grabbing a win at #6 singles against Yuka Perera 6-1, 6-2 to give the Sagehens a 4-2 lead. 

After needing one more win to clinch the match, the Sagehens found themselves down a set at all of the remaining matches. MIT took the #3 singles match after Rha fell to Caroline Vincent 7-5, 6-0 and both Amelia Poor and Janie Marcus battled to a third set in their matches at #4 and #5 singles.

MIT evened the score at 4-4 after Marcus dropped her match at the #5 spot to Sara Fernandez 6-1, 6-7 (0-7), 6-3 as the third-place match all came down to Amelia Poor vs Jay Lu at the #4 match. 

Lu took the first set 6-3 against Poor while Poor rallied and won 7-5 in the second set. Poor went on to take a 5-3 lead in the third set but the two ended up locked at 6-6 and went into a tiebreaker where Lu pulled out the win 7-2 win.   

Up Next: The Sagehens will next head to Cal Poly on Saturday, March 11th at 1:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Janie Marcus

Janie Marcus

5' 6"
Senior
Marissa Markey

Marissa Markey

5' 6"
Sophomore
Samantha Moore-Thomson

Samantha Moore-Thomson

5' 7"
Sophomore
Amelia Poor

Amelia Poor

5' 6"
Sophomore
Lauren Rha

Lauren Rha

5' 6"
Freshman
Nina Ye

Nina Ye

5' 9"
Junior
Angie Zhou

Angie Zhou

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Janie Marcus

Janie Marcus

5' 6"
Senior
Marissa Markey

Marissa Markey

5' 6"
Sophomore
Samantha Moore-Thomson

Samantha Moore-Thomson

5' 7"
Sophomore
Amelia Poor

Amelia Poor

5' 6"
Sophomore
Lauren Rha

Lauren Rha

5' 6"
Freshman
Nina Ye

Nina Ye

5' 9"
Junior
Angie Zhou

Angie Zhou

5' 6"
Sophomore