Results
CLAREMONT, CA (March 17, 2015) – No. 8 Pomona-Pitzer swept doubles, and won five of six singles bouts to secure an 8-1 victory over No. 30 Vassar Tuesday afternoon. The Sagehens improve to 6-3 with the victory, while Vassar now stands at 3-3 on the season in dual matches.
Freshman Kate Christensen (Los Angeles, CA/Connections Academy) picked up the lone win for Vassar on the day, topping Lea Lynn Yen 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles to earn her 16th victory of the season. Pomona came out ahead in singles matches No. 2-5, earning two set victories in all five.
Both the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches came down to the wire, as VC was edged by a combined three games. At No. 1, seniors Samantha Schapiro (Milford, NJ/Rutgers Preparatory School) and Ava Sadeghi (Glendale, CA/Campbell Hall) played neck and neck with Lea Lynn Yen and Grace Hruska from Pomona, as the pairs traded games back and forth. The Sagehen pair finally broke through in the tiebreak, winning 9-8 (7-5) to claim the match.
Sophomore Emily Hallewell (Washington, DC/Stone Ridge Sch. Scared Heart) and junior Winnie Yeates (New Orleans, LA/Isidore Newman School) also played a close match at No. 2 doubles, rallying from a 2-5 deficit to even the match at five all. The comeback bid fell just short, as Maryann Zhao and Maddie Gordon held on for the 9-7 win.
The Brewers will be back in action on Thursday, March 19 to face Whitman College at 10 am (PT).
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