COLLEGE
WOMEN'S TENNIS FINAL SCORE
NCAA Championship Third Round
Williams 5, Tufts 4
At Williamstown, MA
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Doubles
1. Julia Browne/Meghan McCooey (T) def. Grace
Baljon/Taylor French (W) 8-3
2. Kristin Alotta/Nikki Reich (W) def. Lauren Hollender/Edwina Stewart (T) 8-3
3. Lucy Marchese/Caroline Capute (W) def. Hillary Rosen/Janice Lam
(T) 8-4
Singles
1. Browne (T) def. Baljon (W) 7-5, 6-2
2. McCooey (T) def. Alotta (W) 6-2, 6-1
3. Reich (W) def. Stewart (T) 6-2, 6-2
4. Marchese (W) def. Lam (T) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
5. Nancy Worley (W) def. Jennifer LaCara (T) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
6. Hollender (T) def. Capute (W) 7-5, 6-4
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First year Lauren Hollender won the #6 singles
match to give Tufts a 4-3 lead at the time
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Williams College, the second seed in the
2010 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship, advanced to the
NCAA Quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive year with a narrow 5-4
defeat of third-round opponent and conference foe Tufts University
on Sunday afternoon. With the match knotted at 4-4, Ephs'
first-year Nancy Worley clinched the decisive fifth point in a
come-from-behind three-set victory to send the Ephs to
Fredericksburg, Virginia for a chance at their third straight
national title.
In #1 doubles, the Williams number one pair of Grace Baljon and
Taylor French and Tufts' top duo of Julia Browne (Old
Brookville, NY) and Meghan McCooey (Cumberland,
RI) have played each other twice this season. In the first
match at the fall's ITA New England Championship, the Jumbos came
out on top to take the title in the doubles final. In the regular
season match-up, Williams was able to avenge the loss. This
afternoon Browne and McCooey had the edge at court one, tallying
the Jumbos' only doubles point with an 8-3 victory.
Lindsay Katz (Baltimore, MD) and Janice
Lam (San Francisco, CA) challenged the Ephs' number two
combination of Kristin Alotta and Nikki Reich to a tie-break in
their last meeting on April 17. The Ephs handled their competition
with ease this time in an 8-3 win. Lucy Marchese and Caroline
Capute added the important second point for the Ephs at court three
with an 8-4 finish.
Singles play came down to the wire. Nikki Reich took the first
point for Williams at court three, winning in straight sets at #3,
6-2, 6-2. The Jumbos quickly evened the match up with wins at
courts one and two. Browne defeated Baljon at court one by 7-5, 6-2
scores. McCooey closed out her #2 match 6-2, 6-1 against
Alotta.
Tufts first year Lauren Hollender (Newton, MA)
defeated Capute, who had won eight straight matches heading into
Sunday, by 7-5 and 6-4 scores in the #6 match. With the loss at
court six, Williams would have to win the final two matches to
advance. Once Capute lost, Marchese was on serve in the third set
at court four after having fallen behind in the first set. Marchese
closed out her final set to take a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory.
Worley had not even finished her second set when Marchese
stepped off the courts. The first-year remained calm under the
high-pressure situation to close out the second set and cruise in
the third set to clinch the match in a 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 match.
The Ephs (20-3) will travel to Virginia for the NCAA
Quarterfinals set to begin on May 25 against #8 Gustavus Adolphus.
Tufts, which finished its team schedule with a 15-7 record, has
Browne and McCooey playing in the NCAA Singles and Doubles
Championships May 28-30.
Match release courtesy of Williams College.
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