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UChicago Women's Tennis Falls to Carnegie Mellon 6-3 in ITA Indoor Nationals Opener

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago women's tennis team opened up action at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III National Team Indoor Championship on Friday morning with a 6-3 loss to Carnegie Mellon University.

The No. 8-ranked Maroons (6-1 record) absorbed their first defeat of the season, while the No. 7-ranked Tartans moved to 9-1.

The eight-team ITA bracket features UChicago as the No. 5 seed and CMU as the No. 4 seed.

At No. 1 doubles, the first-year duo of Perene Wang and Claudia Ng continued their winning ways with an 8-3 triumph. CMU took the other two matchups 8-7 and 8-3.

In singles, the first UChicago win came courtesy of sophomore Annika Pandey at No. 6. After dropping the first set 6-0, Pandey righted the ship and grabbed the next two sets 6-3, 6-2. Wang concluded the day with a three-set victory over her own at No. 4 singles (6-4, 2-6, 6-4). The Tartans captured the other four matchups.

Carnegie Mellon 6, UChicago 3
Singles

1. Danna Taylor (CMU) def. Lauren Park (UC) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
2. Vinaya Rao (CMU) def. Claudia Ng (UC) 6-2, 6-4
3. Bin Zheng (CMU) def. Nicole Semenov (UC) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
4. Perene Wang (UC) def. Janabelle Wu (CMU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
5. Lindy Cornwall (CMU) def. Eugenia Lee (UC) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
6. Annika Pandey (UC) def. Madeline Fidel (CMU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Perene Wang/Claudia Ng (UC) def. Courtney Ollis/Danna Taylor (CMU) 8-3
2. Lindy Cornwall/Vinaya Rao (CMU) def. Eugenia Lee/Lauren Park (UC) 8-7 (9-7)
3. Janabelle Wu/Bin Zheng (CMU) def. Annika Pandey/Brigitte Wu (UC) 8-3

NEXT MATCH:

  • Saturday, Feb. 29 @ 9:00 AM (ET) – UChicago vs. Centre College (at Nicholasville, Ky.)
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Players Mentioned

Eugenia Lee

Eugenia Lee

Sophomore
Claudia Ng

Claudia Ng

Freshman
Annika Pandey

Annika Pandey

Sophomore
Lauren Park

Lauren Park

Sophomore
Nicole Semenov

Nicole Semenov

Sophomore
Perene Wang

Perene Wang

Freshman
Brigitte Wu

Brigitte Wu

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Eugenia Lee

Eugenia Lee

Sophomore
Claudia Ng

Claudia Ng

Freshman
Annika Pandey

Annika Pandey

Sophomore
Lauren Park

Lauren Park

Sophomore
Nicole Semenov

Nicole Semenov

Sophomore
Perene Wang

Perene Wang

Freshman
Brigitte Wu

Brigitte Wu

Freshman