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No. 12 Sewanee Falls to Two Top-5 Nationally Ranked Teams

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The 12th-ranked Sewanee women's tennis team dropped two matches on Saturday, losing to No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer, 6-3, before being swept by No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 9-0, at the Pauley Tennis Complex.

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
Final Score, Match 1: No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer (6-2) 6, No. 12 Sewanee 3
Final Score, Match 2: No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (15-0) 9, No. 12 Sewanee (9-4) 0
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HOW IT HAPPENED, POMONA-PITZER
-Sewanee trailed 2-1 after doubles thanks to a Haley Tucker/Sara Thompson win at the No. 3 position, defeating Garrison/J. Chen 8-5.

-The Tigers evened the match at two sets apiece when No. 38 Clementina Davila defeated Caroline Casper, 6-3, 6-0, but the Sagehens won the next four points to secure the match.

POMONA-PITZER SINGLES RESULTS
1. #38 Clementina Davila (SEWANEE) def. Caroline Casper (PPC) 6-3, 6-0
2. #37 Summer Garrison (PPC) def. Christina Merchant (SEWANEE) 6-2, 6-4
3. Maryann Zhao (PPC) def. Ellie Czura (SEWANEE) 6-0, 6-3
4. Shivani Doraiswami (PPC) def. #32 Catherine Owen (SEWANEE) 6-2, 6-3
5. Haley Tucker (SEWANEE) def. Jacinta Chen (PPC) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
6. Arianna Chen (PPC) def. Darby Duval (SEWANEE) 6-4, 6-3

POMONA-PITZER DOUBLES RESULTS
1. #4 Caroline Casper/Arianna Chen (PPC) def. #14 Clementina Davila/Catherine Owen (SEWANEE) 8-4
2. Maryann Zhao/Shivani Doraiswami (PPC) def. Ellie Czura/Christina Merchant (SEWANEE) 8-4
3. Haley Tucker/Sara Thompson (SEWANEE) def. Summer Garrison/Jacinta Chen (PPC) 8-5

HOW IT HAPPENED, CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
-The Purple and Gold had no answer for the Athenas, who swept doubles play.

-In singles, Haley Tucker made it interesting at the five, falling 7-6 in the first set before losing the match 6-4.

CLAREMONT-MUDD SCRIPPS SINGLES RESULTS
1. #3 Catherine Allen (CMSW) def. #38 Clementina Davila (SEWANEE) 6-3, 6-1
2. Lindsay Brown (CMSW) def. Christina Merchant (SEWANEE) 6-2, 6-3
3. Caroline Cox (CMSW) def. Ellie Czura (SEWANEE) 6-2, 6-0
4. Rebecca Berger (CMSW) def. #32 Catherine Owen (SEWANEE) 6-0, 6-1
5. Jessie Cruz (CMSW) def. Haley Tucker (SEWANEE) 7-6, 6-4
6. Madison Shea (CMSW) def. Darby Duval (SEWANEE) 6-3, 6-1

CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS DOUBLES RESULTS
1. #13 Lindsay Brown/Nicole Tan (CMSW) def. #14 Clementina Davila/Catherine Owen (SEWANEE) 8-3
2. Catherine Allen/Caroline Cox (CMSW) def. Christina Merchant/Ellie Czura (SEWANEE) 8-5
3. Kyla Scott/Juliette Martin (CMSW) def. Haley Tucker/Sara Thompson (SEWANEE) 8-0

UP NEXT
The women's tennis team will take on Cal Lutheran on Sunday.

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Players Mentioned

Darby Duval

Darby Duval

Freshman
Ellie Czura

Ellie Czura

Sophomore
Clementina Davila

Clementina Davila

Senior
Christina Merchant

Christina Merchant

Senior
Catherine Owen

Catherine Owen

Freshman
Sara Thompson

Sara Thompson

Junior
Haley Tucker

Haley Tucker

Junior

Players Mentioned

Darby Duval

Darby Duval

Freshman
Ellie Czura

Ellie Czura

Sophomore
Clementina Davila

Clementina Davila

Senior
Christina Merchant

Christina Merchant

Senior
Catherine Owen

Catherine Owen

Freshman
Sara Thompson

Sara Thompson

Junior
Haley Tucker

Haley Tucker

Junior