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Sophia Duong (left) and Madeline Saunders (Larry Newman Photography)
Sophia Duong (left) and Madeline Saunders (Larry Newman Photography)
Posted: Mar 04, 2015

Mary Washington wins battle of ranked women's tennis teams

Photos Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
Shelby Harris / Caroline Mosberg (UMW)
def. Andrea Hammer / Rachel Fox (CUW)
9-8
Sophia Duong / Madeline Saunders (CUW)
def. Mackenzie Smith / Alex Ritter (UMW)
9-7
Alina Suyama / Kait Brogan (UMW)
def. Lauren Ross / Mady Strahl (CUW)
8-0
Singles
Shelby Harris (UMW)
def. Andrea Hammer (CUW)
7-6, 6-1
Alex Ritter (UMW)
def. Rachel Fox (CUW)
7-6, 6-3
Sophia Duong (CUW)
def. Caroline Mosberg (UMW)
3-6, 7-6, 12-10
Madeline Saunders (CUW)
def. Chrissy Gaul (UMW)
7-5, 5-7, 6-1
Kait Brogan (UMW)
def. Sarah McDonald (CUW)
6-1, 6-1
Mackenzie Smith (UMW)
def. Lauren Ross (CUW)
6-1, 6-1

ORANGE, Calif. - The Chapman University women's tennis team dropped its home match to visiting University of Mary Washington (Va.) 6-3 at the Chapman Tennis Courts on Wednesday afternoon. It was a battle between two nationally-ranked programs with Mary Washington ranked No. 23 and Chapman coming in at No. 31.

Chapman had one win in doubles on the second court from senior Sophia Duong and sophomore Madeline Saunders. The duo defeated Mary Washington's Mackenzie Smith and Alex Ritter 9-7 to improve to 4-1 this season (2-1 in tournament play).

The Panthers then got two wins in the singles matches coming from Duong and Saunders once again. Duong defeated Mary Washington's Caroline Mosberg 3-6, 7-6, 12-10 to improve to 2-0 this spring.

Saunders brought the other singles win by defeating Chrissy Gaul in three sets 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 to record her first win of the season.

After dropping their first two matches, the Panthers hope to break their losing streak in their next match on March 10 against Rochester University (N.Y.) at 2 p.m. at the Chapman Tennis Courts.

by Katie Whaley
Sports Information Intern

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