Athenas Start Strong and Defeat Caltech 9-0

The women of CMS Athenas Tennis started their competitive season with a 9-0 win at Caltech on Saturday, February 13th. The team stepped onto Caltech's campus ready for a day of success and that is exactly what they achieved. After just 3 hours, the Athenas walked off the court, each taking their matches in straight sets. They are now 1-0 in conference.

Highlights of the day included #1 doubles team Katie Lorish and Jaclyn Smrecek thrashing their opponents Michelle Jiang and Wubing Ye with an 8-0 pro-set win. #2 doubles team Alle Hsu and Hannah Gordon, and #3 doubles Emilee Feldhausen and Riley Thomlison also had very comfortable wins of 8-2 each.

In singles, #6 Hannah Gordon was the first to finish her debut singles match in a quick 6-0, 6-0 defeat against Cici Li. #4 Emilee Feldhausen (pictured at right) quickly followed with a 6-0, 6-0 win as well. Freshmen #1 Jaclyn Smrecek, #3 Katie Lorish, and #5 Riley Thomlison conquered in their first ever college match strong wins as well, never giving their opponents more than 2 games per set. Captain Alle Hsu at #2 also came out victorious with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

With one win on their belt already, the Athenas have high hopes for the rest of the season with a 3 matches in-a-row coming up next weekend against Whittier, University of La Verne, and Westmont.