ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- With an 8-1 victory over fourth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University Saturday at the 2012 University Athletic Association Championship, the sixth-ranked University of Chicago women's tennis team earned its third consecutive trip to the conference title match.
Chicago, which improved to 18-4 with its ninth straight win, will face No. 2 Emory University in the UAA championship contest Sunday at 9 a.m. (ET).
Match by Match Results
Singles
1. Katie Cecil (CMUW) def. Kendra Higgins (UCW) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-3)
2. Jennifer Kung (UCW) def. Laura Chen (CMUW) 6-4, 7-5
3. Carmen VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Chelsea Motie (CMUW) 6-0, 6-2
4. Linden Li (UCW) def. Courtney Chin (CMUW) 4-6, 3-3, retired
5. Megan Tang (UCW) def. Angela Pratt (CMUW) 6-0, 6-0
6. Kelsey McGillis (UCW) def. Cze-Ja Tam (CMUW) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1. Higgins/ VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Chen/ Chin (CMUW) 8-5
2. Kung/ Li (UCW) def. Motie/Bryn Raschke (CMUW) 8-5
3. McGillis/ Tang (UCW) def. Cecil/ Tam (CMUW) 8-5
Notes
- Chicago will make its third straight UAA championship match appearance -- all against Emory. The Eagles defeated the Maroons 5-3 a year ago; Chicago captured its first league banner with a 5-3 victory in 2010.
- This season marked the third time in as many years that Chicago defeated Carnegie Mellon in the UAA semifinal round.
- Chicago's top two doubles tandems -- seniors Kendra Higgins (Vero Beach, Fla./ Vero Beach) and Carmen VacaGuzman (Wyoming, Mich./ Grandville) at No. 1 and senior Jennifer Kung (Sunnyvale, Calif./ Homestead) and junior Linden Li (Great Falls, Va./ Langley) at No. 2 -- each won their 12th consecutive matches.
- Carnegie Mellon fell to 16-4 overall.
