GREENCASTLE, Ind. – The University of Chicago women's tennis team won four of six singles matches to narrowly beat DePauw University 5-4 in the first round of the 2014 Division III National Women's Team Indoor Championship on Friday.
The Maroons (4-1) came in as the No. 2 seed in the eight-team field. The Tigers (5-1) came in as the No. 7 seed and served as hosts. UChicago will next take on No. 3-seed Carnegie Mellon University in the semifinals on Saturday.
DePauw took the early 2-1 lead after doubles action. All three matches were tightly contested and finished with a margin of two or less. Junior Megan Tang and sophomore Helen Sdvizhkov earned the 9-7 victory at No. 1 doubles.
The score was even at 3-3 with three matches to go. But it was sophomore Sruthi Ramaswami who captured the deciding match, winning at No. 5 singles by a score of 6-3, 6-1. UChicago's other victories in singles came courtesy of Tang at No. 1, freshman Tiffany Chen at No. 3 and junior Kelsey McGillis at No. 4.
UChicago 5, DePauw 4
Singles
1. Megan Tang (UC) def. Maggie MacPhail (DPUW) 6-0, 6-3
2. Claire Marshall (DPUW) def. Helen Sdvizhkov (UC) 6-3, 6-1
3. Tiffany Chen (UC) def. Taylor Mahr (DPUW) 6-2, 6-0
4. Kelsey McGillis (UC) def. Julie Wittwer (DPUW) 6-4, 6-3
5. Sruthi Ramaswami (UC) def. Maddie Lee (DPUW) 6-3, 6-1
6. Caroline Emhardt (DPUW) def. Jordan Appel (UC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Megan Tang/Helen Sdvizhkov (UC) def. Meg Crowley/Claire Marshall (DPUW) 9-7
2. Caroline Emhardt/Maggie MacPhail (DPUW) def. Tiffany Chen/Sruthi Ramaswami (UC) 8-6
3. Julie Wittwer/Kaitlin Pickrel (DPUW) def. Kelsey McGillis /Laura Anderson (UC) 9-8 (10-8)
NEXT MATCH:
- Saturday, Mar. 1 – UChicago vs. Carnegie Mellon University (at Greencastle, Ind.), 2 PM (ET)
