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Posted: Mar 08, 2025

Tartans Sweep Two Opponents

Tartans Sweep Two Opponents
Box Score Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Zoe Angell / Anna Chow def. Abigail Penados / Kensington Payne 6-3
  • Divya Venkatarama / Ancele Dolensek def. Natalie Bassett / Liveta Ezerskis 6-2
  • Manuela Van Cotthem / Shelly Zinchenko def. Meghan McSweeney / Kate Herlihy 6-2
Singles
  • Sarah Yang def. Abigail Penados 6-2, 6-3
  • Shelly Zinchenko def. Natalie Bassett 6-2, 6-0
  • Ancele Dolensek def. Kensington Payne 6-0, 6-2
  • Divya Venkatarama def. Liveta Ezerskis 6-0, 6-0
  • Manuela Van Cotthem def. Kate Herlihy 6-0, 6-3
  • Anika Joshi def. Meghan McSweeney 6-0, 6-0
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Anna Chow / Zoe Angell def. Maria Hayes / Katherine Taylor 6-3
  • Anika Joshi / Rachel Li def. Lilly Hartman / Paulina Razo-Zapata 6-1
  • Ainika Hou / Victoria Gazda def. Ellie Held / Maddy Williams 6-0
Singles
  • Ancele Dolensek def. Katherine Taylor 6-2, 6-2
  • Victoria Gazda def. Paulina Razo-Zapata 6-2, 6-0
  • Manuela Van Cotthem def. Ellie Held 6-1, 6-1
  • Zoe Angell def. Maddy Williams 6-0, 6-1
  • Anika Joshi def. Eva Clark 6-0, 6-1
  • Rachel Li def. Meredith Cooper 6-0, 6-0

(ORLANDO, Fla.) – The 13th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team swept through North Central College and Transylvania University on Saturday, March 8 in Orlando, Florida. The Tartans are now 11-0 for the season.

Against North Central

  • The third doubles team of freshman Shelly Zinchenko and junior Manuela Van Cotthem and the second doubles team of freshman Ancele Dolensek and junior Divya Venkatarama won by 6-2 scores.
  • Junior Anika Joshi won 6-0, 6-0 at sixth singles while Venkatarama won by the same score at fourth singles to give the Tartans a 3-0 lead.
  • Dolensek then won 6-0, 6-2 at third singles to secure the win.

Against Transylvania

  • Joshi and freshman Rachel Li won at second doubles by a 6-1 score ahead of sophomore Anika Hou and freshman Victoria Gazda at third doubles with a 6-0 win.
  • Li finished singles play first with a 6-0, 6-0 win at sixth singles.
  • Senior Zoe Angell won at fourth singles by a 6-0, 6-1 score before Van Cotthem won at third singles, 6-1, 6-1.

Up Next

The Tartans finish the trip in Florida with a 8:00 a.m. match on Sunday, March 9 against 27th-ranked Grinnell College.