COLLEGE
WOMEN'S TENNIS FINAL SCORE
Tufts 6, Middlebury 3
At Middlebury, VT
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Doubles
1. Julia Browne/Meghan McCooey (T) def. Jamie
Haar/Alexandra McAtee (M) 8-4
2. Tori Aiello/Anna Burke (M) def. Lindsay Katz/Janice Lam (T)
8-4
3. Brittany Faber/Leah Kepping (M) def. Edwina Stewart/Lauren Hollender (T) 8-0
Singles
1. Browne (T) def. Aiello (M) 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7)
2. McAtee (M) def. McCooey (T) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
3. Katz (T) def. Faber (M) 6-4, 6-4
4. Stewart (T) def. Haar (M) 6-4, 7-6 (7)
5. Lam (T) def. Kepping (M) 7-5, 4-6, (10-6)
6. Jennifer LaCara (T) def. Sally Wilkey (M) 6-0, 6-3
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Junior #4 Edwina Stewart earned one of five
Tufts singles wins on the day
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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- In a NESCAC showdown between two national top
20 programs, the Tufts University women's tennis team earned a
closely contested 6-3 victory at Middlebury College on Saturday
afternoon. The win stops a two-match losing streak for Tufts, which
improves to 12-5 overall and 6-2 in the league. Middlebury lost its
second straight to fall to 12-3 overall and 4-2 in NESCAC.
After the Panthers took two out of three in doubles, Tufts
overcame the deficit by winning five of the six singles matches.
Four of the singles matches included a total of five set
tie-breakers, with the Jumbos winning four of them.
Middlebury won at second and third doubles to begin the match,
including an 8-0 final at #3 where first years Leah Kepping and
Brittney Faber were outstanding. Jumbos Julia Browne (Old
Brookville, NY) and Meghan McCooey (Cumberland,
RI) prevented a doubles sweep for Tufts with an 8-4
victory at #1.
In an outstanding #1 singles match between Browne, the #1 ranked
player in the Northeast, and Middlebury's Tori Aiello, ranked #11
in the region, Browne persevered to win two set tie-breakers 7-6
(6) and 7-6 (7). Junior Jumbo Edwina Stewart (London,
ENG) had a 7-6 (7) second-set tie-break win on the fourth
singles court after taking the first set 6-4. First year
Lindsay Katz (Owings Mills, MD) and sophomore
Jennifer LaCara (Huntington Station, NY) both won
relatively easily in straight sets for Tufts at #3 and #6,
respectively.
The lone Middlebury singles win fame from first year Alexandra
McAtee at #2, though it also included a 7-6 (5) second set.
Tufts plays its regular-season and conference final at home
against Bowdoin next Saturday (May 1) at 11 am. Middlebury will do
the same on that day at Amherst beginning at 1 pm.
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