CMS Routes UC Santa Cruz 8-1 at home

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8 vs. UC Santa Cruz 1

CMS Women’s Tennis defeated UC Santa Cruz 8-1 in a home match on Saturday.  With decisive victories from #2 doubles (Elisa La Cava/ Sara Reed) and #3 doubles (Alle Hsu/ Caroline Daly), the Athenas moved to a 2-1 lead going into singles.
 
Sara Reed, Alle Hsu, and Meredith Leyendecker coasted to singles wins at the #4, #5, and #6 positions, respectively, yielding only a total of 8 games between the three of them.  Hannah Kornfeld followed with a convincing 6-2, 6-3 singles victory at #4.
 
Team captains and seniors Jessica Fox and Elisa La Cava each dropped their first sets but battled back to victory.  At the #1 position, La Cava dropped the first set in a 6-8 tiebreaker despite a 6-3 tiebreaker lead, but found her rhythm in the second set and match-determining super tiebreaker, dropping only 1 game and four points.  Jessica Fox at the #2 position persevered through a 5-7 first set loss to answer with a 6-4 second set win.  She sealed off the singles sweep with a super tiebreaker victory of 11-9.
 
The Athenas move to 5-2 overall as they look forward to home matches with Hardin Simmons (March 8, 12 noon) and U. T. Tyler (March 11, 2 PM).