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
