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Women's Tennis Outlasts Penn, 4-3
2/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 26, 2010
PHILADELPHIA -- Sophomore Zoe Krohn powered through a three-hour No. 5 singles match to secure the victory for the Colonials over Pennsylvania, 4-3. The teams made up an earlier match that was postponed due to snow.
Krohn battled Penn's Emma Whitfield, who took the first set 7-6 (13-11), while Krohn came back to win the second set 7-5 and the third set 7-6.
Mimi Hamling won her No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-1, while Meg Tyner also won at the No. 6 position, 6-1, 6-0.
Freshman Dorota Lysienia also battled to force a third set in her No. 3 singles match. Lysienia dropped the first set 4-6, forced a third set when she won 7-5 (5), but dropped the deciding set 6-2.
Jacqueline Corba and Lysienia won their No. 2 doubles match 8-3, while Jennifer Hirsh and Sasha Gluck dropped the No. 3 doubles match 8-0. Again Krohn, along with Hamling, won the deciding point over UPenn, winning 9-8 (6).
The Colonials are back in action on Saturday against Richmond at the Montclair Country Club starting at 1 p.m.
Singles
#1 Alexa Ely (P) def. Jacqueline Corba (GW), 6-3, 6-4
#2 Mimi Hamling (GW) def. Jules Rodin (P), 6-1, 6-1
#3 Daniela DePaoli (P) def. Dorota Lysienia (GW), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
#4 Jacqueline Wong (P) def. Jennifer Hirsh (GW), 7-6 (1), 6-1
#5 Zoe Krohn (GW) def. Emma Whitfield (P), 6-7 (11), 7-5, 7-6 (0)
#6 Meg Tyner (GW) def. Rose Schlecker (P), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
#1 Mimi Hamling/Zoe Krohn (GW) def. Emily Wolf/Alexa Ely (P), 9-8 (6)
#2 Jacqueline Corba/Dorota Lysienia (GW) def. Jules Rodin/Jacqueline Wong (P), 8-3
#3 Daniela DePaoli/Emma Whitfield (P) def. Jennifer Hirsh/Sasha Gluck (GW), 8-0
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