Chin Seals #4 Tartans 6-3 Victory Over #8 Johns Hopkins

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team, ranked fourth nationally, hosted #8 Johns Hopkins University Sunday afternoon April 15.  The Tartans defeated the Blue Jays 6-3 to better their record to 15-3, as Johns Hopkins is now 10-5.

Carnegie Mellon fell behind 2-1 after doubles play with the Tartans victory coming at the second spot.  The freshman pair of Chelsea Motie (Melbourne, Fla./West Shore) and Bryn Raschke (Del Mar, Calif./Torrey Pines) defeated Abby Clark and Shannon Herndon 8-1.

The Tartans then claimed points at first, second, third, fourth and sixth singles to come away with the 6-3 decision.  Senior Courtney Chin's (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win over Herndon at fourth singles clinched the victory for the home team  

Doubles
1. Nandita Krishnan/Hailey Hogan def. Courtney Chin/Laura Chen (CMUW) 8-6
2. Chelsea Motie/Bryn Raschke (CMUW) def. Abby Clark/Shannon Herndon 8-1
3. Elaine Baik/Stephanie Rettig def. Angela Pratt/Katie Cecil (CMUW) 8-4

Singles
1. Katie Cecil (CMUW) def. Elaine Baik 6-1, 6-1
2. Laura Chen (CMUW) def. Hailey Hogan 7-6, 6-1
3. Chelsea Motie (CMUW) def. Nandita Krishnan 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
4. Courtney Chin (CMUW) def. Shannon Herndon 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
5. Abby Clark def. Angela Pratt (CMUW) 6-2, 6-2
6. Cze-Ja Tam (CMUW) def. Stephanie Rettig 6-0, 3-6, 6-2