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Maroon women's tennis knocks off Carnegie Mellon 6-3 in UAA third-place match

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The University of Chicago women's tennis team wrapped up the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship weekend by defeating Carnegie Mellon University 6-3 in the third-place match on Sunday.

The No. 16-ranked Maroons (11-5 record) defeated their eighth nationally-ranked opponent of the season. The No. 9-ranked Tartans fell to 15-7.

UChicago entered the eight-team tournament field as the No. 4 seed while CMU was the No. 2 seed. The doubles portion of the contest jumpstarted the Maroons to an immediate 3-0 advantage. The doubles pairings all won by matching 8-6 scores.

With the commanding lead in hand, UChicago needed only two wins out of the six singles matches to clinch. Sophomore Ariana Iranpour was done quickly at No. 1 singles with an efficient 6-0, 6-2 victory to bring the magic number to one. Freshman Rachel Kim provided the clincher minutes later 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot. Junior Tiffany Chen tallied the final singles win at No. 5 in three sets – 1-6, 7-5, 10-6.

Kim, Iranpour and Chen all had wins in both singles and doubles on the day.

UChicago 6, Carnegie Mellon 3
Singles

1. Ariana Iranpour (UC) def. Brooke Tsu (CMU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Rachel Kim (UC) def. Nicholle Torres (CMU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Cori Sidell (CMU) def. Lucy Tang (UC) 5-7, 6-2, 10-3
4. Jamie Vizelman (CMU) def. Kaela Bynoe (UC) 5-7, 6-4, 10-2
5. Tiffany Chen (UC) def. Minami Makino (CMU) 1-6, 7-5, 10-6
6. Marina Selenica (CMU) def. Kat Stevanovich (UC) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3
Doubles
1. Rachel Kim/Lucy Tang (UC) def. Minami Makino/Cori Sidell (CMU) 8-6
2. Tiffany Chen/Stephanie Lee (UC) def. Brooke Tsu/Jamie Vizelman (CMU) 8-6
3. Ariana Iranpour/Courtney Warren (UC) def. Nicholle Torres/Abbey Hamstra (CMU) 8-6

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Players Mentioned

Kaela Bynoe

Kaela Bynoe

Freshman
Tiffany Chen

Tiffany Chen

5' 8"
Junior
Ariana Iranpour

Ariana Iranpour

5' 7"
Sophomore
Rachel Kim

Rachel Kim

Freshman
Stephanie Lee

Stephanie Lee

5' 7"
Senior
Kat Stevanovich

Kat Stevanovich

Freshman
Lucy Tang

Lucy Tang

5' 4"
Senior
Courtney Warren

Courtney Warren

5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Kaela Bynoe

Kaela Bynoe

Freshman
Tiffany Chen

Tiffany Chen

5' 8"
Junior
Ariana Iranpour

Ariana Iranpour

5' 7"
Sophomore
Rachel Kim

Rachel Kim

Freshman
Stephanie Lee

Stephanie Lee

5' 7"
Senior
Kat Stevanovich

Kat Stevanovich

Freshman
Lucy Tang

Lucy Tang

5' 4"
Senior
Courtney Warren

Courtney Warren

5' 5"
Sophomore