#12 Tartans Open Dual Schedule With Victories Over Two Division II Opponents
Posted: Feb 08, 2025

#12 Tartans Open Dual Schedule With Victories Over Two Division II Opponents

Team Stats
Doubles
  • D. Van Vuuren / Emilie Bergmann def. Anna Chow / Rachel Li 6-4
  • Joycie Lu / Divya Venkatarama def. A. Van Vuuren / Sneha Sundaraneedi 6-0
  • Anika Joshi / Ainika Hou def. Gabby Dooling / A. Martinez Garrido 6-0
Singles
  • Shelly Zinchenko def. D. Van Vuuren 6-3, 6-3
  • Ancele Dolensek def. A. Van Vuuren 6-0, 6-0
  • Victoria Gazda def. Sneha Sundaraneedi 6-0, 6-1
  • Zoe Angell def. Gabby Dooling 6-4, 6-2
  • Manuela Van Cotthem def. Hailey Banda 6-1, 6-0
  • Anika Joshi def. Emilie Bergmann 6-2, 6-2
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Ming Deewajee / Dani Ramos def. Anna Chow / Rachel Li 7-6 (7-5)
  • Ancele Dolensek / Divya Venkatarama def. Lieselotte Hartlohne / Annemiek Sterk 7-6 (7-4)
  • Shelly Zinchenko / Zoe Angell def. Hannah Beitat / Veronica Sirci 7-5
Singles
  • Sarah Yang def. Lieselotte Hartlohne 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
  • Shelly Zinchenko def. Ming Deewajee 6-4, 6-4
  • Dani Ramos def. Divya Venkatarama 6-4, 6-4
  • Ancele Dolensek def. Asel Calbay 6-5, 7-6 (7-5)
  • Hannah Beitat def. Joycie Lu 6-4, 6-4
  • Victoria Gazda def. Veronica Sirci 6-2, 6-2

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team, ranked 12th in Division III, opened the second part of its season with a pair of matches against two Division II institutions, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The Tartans won 7-0 over West Virginia Wesleyan before beating IUP 5-2. The Tartans are now 2-0 in dual action.

Inside the Results Against West Virgina Wesleyan:

  • The Tartans took the point in doubles play with a pair of 6-0 victories at the two and three spots. The tandem of junior Divya Venkatarama and freshman Joycie Lu played at two while junior Anika Joshi and sophomore Ainika Hou played at three.
  • The Tartans captured their first point of singles when junior Manuela Van Cotthem recorded a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the fifth spot.
  • Freshman Ancele Dolensek then won 6-0, 6-0 at two singles before classmate Victoria Gazda sealed the match with a 6-0, 6-1 win at the third spot.
  • Senior Zoe Angell, freshman Shelly Zinchenko and Joshi also all collected straight set victories.

Inside the Results Against IUP:

  • Carnegie Mellon collected the point in doubles after winning at two and three. Angell and Zinchenko won 7-5 at three while Venkatarama and Dolensek won 7-6 (4) at two.
  • Zinchenko then won 6-4, 6-4 at two singles followed by Gazda at six singles winning by the scores of6-2, 6-2.
  • Dolensek then sealed the win for the Tartans with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) at four singles.
  • The Tartans fifth point came at the top spot when senior Sarah Yang won 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5).

Next Up

  • The Tartans will next compete on Friday, February 14 when they play Slippery Rock University at 6:30 p.m.