No. 8 Tartans Place Second at UAA Championship

(ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.) - The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team, ranked eighth nationally, placed second to the Eagles of Emory University in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship final on Sunday, April 27. The championship was held in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The No. 2 ranked Eagles won the match 8-1 to end their regular season with a 23-2 mark while the Tartans finish at 17-4.

After falling behind 2-0 in doubles, the Tartans tandem of junior Angela Pratt (Saratoga, Calif./St. Francis) and freshman Nicholle Torres (Weston, Fla./Great Neck South) put up a hard fight at No. 2 doubles.  The pair trailed 7-5 before knotting the match at 7-7, but Emory's Rebecca Siegler and Beatrice Rosen finished the match wining the last two games to give the Eagles a 3-0 edge heading into singles play.

Carnegie Mellon senior Katie Cecil (Huntington Beach, Calif./Ocean View) was the lone Tartan to record a win in singles.  The senior topped Melissa Goodman in straight sets 6-0, 6-3.

The Tartans will now await the announcement of the field for the 2014 NCAA Division III Championships.  They are set to be released on NCAA.com May 5.  Fields for the individual tournaments will be announced on NCAA.com May 7.