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Maroons Defeat Johns Hopkins to Reach NCAA Semifinals

CARY, N.C. -- With a 5-1 victory over Johns Hopkins University at the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship Monday afternoon, the University of Chicago earned its fourth consecutive trip to the national semifinals.

Chicago (22-4) will take on Amherst College (18-3) in semifinal action Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. (ET). Amherst defeated Carnegie Mellon University 5-4 in quarterfinal play Monday.

Summary & Highlights

  • The teams split the first two doubles matches. Senior Jennifer Kung (Sunnyvale, Calif./ Homestead) and junior Linden Li (Great Falls, Va./ Langley) gave the Maroons the early lead with an 8-5 win at No. 2, before the Blue Jays' No. 3 tandem of Elaine Baik and Stephanie Rettig answered with an 8-6 win.

  • In the final doubles match, Chicago's No. 1 duo of seniors Kendra Higgins (Vero Beach, Fla./ Vero Beach) and Carmen VacaGuzman (Wyoming, Mich./ Grandville) overcame deficits of 4-2 and 6-4 to win 9-8, taking the tiebreaker 7-4.

  • Straight set wins from Higgins (No. 1) and Kung (No. 2) in singles play put the Maroons on top 4-1.

  • Freshman Kelsey McGillis (Great Falls, Va./ Flint Hill) closed out the match with a 7-5, 6-1 decision at No. 6 singles.

  • Johns Hopkins ended its season at 18-6.

Match by Match Results

Singles
1. Kendra Higgins (UCW) def. Hailey Hogan (JHUW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Jennifer Kung (UCW) def. Elaine Baik (JHUW) 6-2, 6-2
3. Carmen VacaGuzman (UCW) vs. Nandita Krishnan (JHUW) 6-3, 2-5, unfinished
4. Linden Li (UCW) vs. Shannon Herndon (JHUW) 7-6, 3-4, unfinished
5. Megan Tang (UCW) vs. Abby Clark (JHUW) 3-6, 4-5, unfinished
6. Kelsey McGillis (UCW) def. Kaitlin Pfisterer (JHUW) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles
1. Higgins/VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Hogan/Krishnan (JHUW) 9-8 (4)
2. Kung/Li (UCW) def. Clark/Herndon (JHUW) 8-5
3. Baik/Stephanie Rettig (JHUW) def. McGillis/Tang (UCW) 8-6

Notes

  • Women's tennis has become the first Chicago sport to make a fourth NCAA Final Four appearance. Women's soccer has made three trips (1996, 2003, 2005); men's soccer has made one (1996).

  • Monday's match marked the second meeting between Chicago and Johns Hopkins this season. Playing without Higgins, the Maroons defeated the Blue Jays 6-3 at the ITA Indoor Championship consolation semifinals on Mar. 3.

  • Chicago extended its winning streak to 13 matches -- by a combined score of 90-10 -- and improved to 19-1 against Division III opponents.

  • Higgins and VacaGuzman remained undefeated (17-0) against Division III doubles opponents. They extended their overall winning streak to 16 matches, as did Kung and Li.

  • McGillis' match-clinching win at No. 6 singles was her first postseason singles victory.

  • Chicago and Amherst will meet Tuesday in NCAA tournament play for the third time in four years. Amherst won both of the previous matchups, a 5-4 win in the 2009 semifinals and a 5-2 decision in the third-place match the following year.

  • Meredith College and the Town of Cary, N.C., are hosting this year's NCAA Championship.
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