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Winner Middlebury MIDDW (3-0)
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Amherst AMHW (2-1)
Winner
Middlebury MIDDW
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Final
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Amherst AMHW
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

#9 Amherst Suffer First Loss of the Season to #8 Middlebury, 6-1

LUDLOW, MA – The #9 Amherst College women's tennis team suffered its first setback of the season on Sunday, falling 6-1 to the #8 Middlebury College Panthers in a top-ten clash at the Ludlow Tennis Center.

Up Next: With this loss, Amherst moves to 2-1 on the season and will now prepare for their Southern California spring-break trip next week. Up first on the West Coast is the #4 Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens. The Sagehens will host the Mammoths at the Pauley Tennis Complex in Claremont, CA, on Sunday, March 16, at 10 AM PDT.

HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Senior Amy Cui went 2-for-2 on the day. She paired with senior Katie Hart for a 6-3 victory at the #2 doubles spot before prevailing at the #3 singles spot with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-7(4), [10-8] win. 
  • Junior Sophie Diop fell just short in the second set at te #4 spot, losing in a set tiebreak with a score of 7-3.
  • Sophomore Greta Stechschulte was edged in a gritty second set, battling hard before falling 7-5 in the second set to Middlebury's Charlotte McCann.
RESULTS:
Doubles:
  1. Sahana Raman / Nina Farhat (MID) def. Lily Dounchis / Deliala Friedman (A) 6-1
  2. Amy Cui / Katie Hart (A) def. Elsie Van Wieren / Claudia Miller (MID) 6-3
  3. Nathalie van der Reis / Lulu Wu (MID) def. Mia Kintiroglou / Greta Stechschulte (A) 6-3
Singles:
  1. Sahana Raman (MID) def. Lily Dounchis (A) 6-2, 6-3
  2. Elsie Van Wieren (MID) def. Deliala Friedman (A) 6-1, 6-1
  3. Amy Cui (A) def. Claudia Miller (MID) 6-3, 6-7(4), [10-8]
  4. Lulu Wu (MID) def. Sophie Diop (A) 6-3, 7-6(3)
  5. Nathalie van der Reis (MID) def. Tina She (A) 6-3, 6-3
  6. Charlotte McCann (MID) def. Greta Stechschulte (A) 6-2, 7-5
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