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Winner Pomona-Pitzer PP (17-5)
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CMS (22-1)
Winner
Pomona-Pitzer PP
(17-5)
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Final
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CMS
(22-1)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Sagehens Win SCIAC Tournament Championship Over No. 1 CMS

CLAREMONT, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team upset the No. 1 ranked CMS Athenas 5-3 to claim the SCIAC Tournament Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center.
 
The Sagehens claimed the SCIAC Tournament Championship for the first time since 2011 with their fifth SCIAC Tournament Championship in program history.  The Sagehens also handed CMS their first loss of the 2024 season and improved to 17-5 overall.
 
Much like their first meeting this season, the Athenas got out to a 2-1 lead after doubles with the Sagehens only claiming one of the three doubles matches. Marissa Markey and Angie Zhou got the Sagehens out to an early lead with an 8-5 win at the No. 2 doubles, but CMS came back with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 as Alex Coleman and Amelia Poor lost 8-6 and Nina Ye and Lauren Rha fell 8-5.
 
CMS started off singles competition with a quick win at No. 6 singles to make it 3-1 before the Sagehens started their comeback. Kanefu took a win at No. 3 singles 6-3, 6-4 while Rha and Zhou both won tiebreakers in set one and went on to win in straight sets. Rha earned a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win at No. 2 while Zhou continued her dominant singles play against Division III opponents with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 win at the No. 1 doubles to put the Sagehens up 4-3.
 
The Championship clinch came at No. 5 singles as Leticia Bazua Vazquez had an impressive performance for the Sagehens with a three-set win over Ella Brissett, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 as the Sagehens stormed the court to celebrate their first SCIAC Tournament Championship in 13 years.


 
Markey's match went unfinished at No. 4 singles but Markey led over Sena Selby, 4-6, 6-3, 5-4 in the third set.
 
The Sagehens will now enter the NCAA Tournament as the automatic qualifier from the SCIAC.  
 
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