#4 Tartans Place Fourth at UAA Championship

(ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team lost to #11 Washington University Sunday, April 29 in the third-place match of the University Athletic Association Championship by the score of 5-4. The match was played at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla., as the Tartans move their record to 16-5 while the Bears are now 15-7.

After starting the match down 2-1 following doubles play, the Tartans took a 4-3 lead with wins at second, fourth and fifth singles, but dropped the last two points of the match. Senior Laura Chen (Port Washington, N.Y./Paul D. Schreiber) gave the Tartans the lead with a 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 victory at second singles.

Also winning for the Tartans in singles play was senior Courtney Chin (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) at fourth singles and freshman Angela Pratt (Saratoga, Calif./St. Francis) at fifth singles.

Doubles
1. Kate Klein/Corinne Rauck (WASHU) def. Laura Chen/Courtney Chin (CMUW) 8-5
2. Theresa Petraskova/Natalie Tingir (WASHU) def. Chelsea Motie/Bryn Raschke (CMUW) 8-6
3. Katie Cecil/Cze-Ja Tam (CMUW) def. Paige Madara/Hannah Newstadt (WASHU) 8-1

Singles
1. Natalie Tingir (WASHU) def. Katie Cecil (CMUW) 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5)
2. Laura Chen (CMUW) def. Kate Klein (WASHU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-2
3. Theresa Petraskova (WASHU) def. Chelsea Motie (CMUW) 6-1, 6-1
4. Courtney Chin (CMUW) def. Paige Madara (WASHU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Angela Pratt (CMUW) def. Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Corinne Rauck (WASHU) def. Cze-Ja Tam (CMUW) 0-6, 7-5, 6-2