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Carpenter vs Colby backhand
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Colby23-24 COLBY
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Winner Sewanee SEW-W
Colby23-24 COLBY
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Sewanee SEW-W
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Tigers top Colby at home, 5-4

SEWANEE, Tenn. – Fourteenth-ranked Sewanee won a pair of doubles outings and Brooke Despriet and Sarah Livingston posted singles victories before Ansley Carpenter overcame an early deficit in a three-set singles win in the Tigers' 5-4 victory over Colby College in women's tennis action Monday at the Charlotte Guerry Indoor Courts.
 
The Tigers (6-6) won 2-of-3 matches in the doubles, with Livingston and Carpenter posting an 8-2 victory over Sydney Landau and Isabella Suk at No. 2 before Katherine Petty and Despriet defeated Samantha Riordan and Michaela Landry, 8-4, at No. 1.
 
The Mules (3-2) picked up a point at No. 3 thanks to an 8-6 win by Amelie Gal and Ellie Gershaw versus Nicole Nowak and Mariella Congeni.
 
In singles, Despriet claimed a 6-3, 6-3, victory at No. 2, but Riordan defeated Petty, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 1 just minutes later, cutting the Tigers lead to 3-2 overall in the match.
 
Livingston registered a 6-2, 6-1, win at No. 4 in less than an hour over Suk for a 4-2 Sewanee edge. Carpenter lost the first set, 7-5, but won the second, 6-4, and led 4-0 in the third before holding on for a 6-2 third-set win, clinching the match victory for the Tigers.
 
Landry posted a 7-6 (2), 6-3, win at No. 6 against Nowak and Jade Finestone won a super-tiebreaker at No. 5 versus Congeni, 6-4, 2-6, 10-5. 
 
Sewanee plays six of its final nine matches against SAA opponents beginning April 6 at Birmingham-Southern.
 
#14 Sewanee 5, #34 Colby College 4
SINGLES

1. Samantha Riordan (COL) def. Katherine Petty (SEW), 6-2, 6-4
2. Brooke Despriet (SEW) def. Ellie Gershaw (COL), 6-3, 6-3
3. Ansley Carpenter (SEW) def. Sydney Landau (COL), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
4. Sarah Livingston (SEW) def. Isabella Suk (COL), 6-2, 6-1
5. Jade Finestone (COL) def. Mariella Congeni (SEW), 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (5)         
6. Michaela Landry (COL) def. Nicole Nowak (SEW), 7-6 (2), 6-3                  
 
DOUBLES
1. Petty-Despriet (SEW) def. Riordan-Landry (COL), 8-4
2. Livingston-Carpenter (SEW) def. Landau-Suk (COL), 8-2
3. Amelie Gal-Gershaw (COL) def. Congeni-Nowak (SEW), 8-6
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,1,4,3,6,5)
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Players Mentioned

Ansley Carpenter

Ansley Carpenter

Junior
Brooke Despriet

Brooke Despriet

Junior
Sarah Livingston

Sarah Livingston

Junior
Nicole Nowak

Nicole Nowak

Senior
Katherine Petty

Katherine Petty

Senior
Mariella Congeni

Mariella Congeni

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ansley Carpenter

Ansley Carpenter

Junior
Brooke Despriet

Brooke Despriet

Junior
Sarah Livingston

Sarah Livingston

Junior
Nicole Nowak

Nicole Nowak

Senior
Katherine Petty

Katherine Petty

Senior
Mariella Congeni

Mariella Congeni

Freshman