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Women's Tennis Knocks Off A-10 Favorite Richmond
2/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 27, 2010
WOODBRIDGE, VA -- The GW women's tennis team defeated the 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference favorite Richmond, 4-3, Saturday at the Montclair Country Club.
Mimi Hamling and Zoe Krohn got the match going with a 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles to seal the doubles point for GW, while Sasha Gluck and Jennifer Hirsh also defeated their Richmond opponents at No. 3 doubles, 8-5.
Jacqueline Corba and Hamling won the No. 1 and No. 2 singles points for GW, both going into three sets. Corba won the first set 7-5, dropped the second 0-6 but came back in the third to win 6-1. Hamling dropped the first set 4-6, but came back strong to win the next two 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Meg Tyner showed poise at the No. 6 as she came back from a 6-7 (2) loss in the first set to take the next two sets 6-2, 6-2, for the Colonials victory.
The Colonials, now 4-3 on the season, next face Columbia at College Park, MD, on Friday, March 5 at 11 a.m. before hosting St. Joseph's on Saturday, March 6, at the Mount Vernon Tennis Facility at 1 p.m.
Doubles:
1. Hamling/Krohn (GW) def. Clark/Cunningham (UR) 8-6
2. Tidwell/Arana (UR) def Lysienia/Corba (GW) 8-3
3. Gluck/Hirsh (GW) def. Smyth/Hartmayer (UR) 8-5
Singles:
1. Jacqueline Corba (GW) def. Clark (UR) 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
2. Mimi Hamling (GW) def. Cunningham (UR) 4-6,6-3,7-6 (3)
3. Tidwell (UR) def. Dorota Lysienia (GW) 6-0, 6-2
4. Grant (UR) def. Jennifer Hirsh (GW) vs. 6-3 6-1
5. Smyth (UR) def. Zoe Krohn (GW) 6-3 6-0
6. Meg Tyner (GW) vs. Arana (UR) 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2
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