CMS Wins Regional With 5-3 Win Over Pomona-Pitzer
For the second straight year the CMS Athenas beat the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens in the third round of the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships to advance to the quarterfinals. CMS won the match 5-3 to improve to 22-3 on the season. The quarterfinals will begin May 21 in Cary, NC with CMS slated to play Williams College.
Leading 2-1 after doubles, the Athenas quickly went ahead 4-1 after 6-0, 6-1 wins by Kristin Lim and Chloe Dobbert at #1 and #4 singles. Nicole Holsted narrowed the lead to 4-2 with a 6-2, 6-2 win at #6 and then the marathon began. Samantha Chao battled back from a 5-1 first set deficit to pull the Sagehens to 4-3 with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 win at #2. Sarah Kukino (pictured) clinched the match for the Athenas after nearly four and half hours by overcoming a one-set deficit to win at #3 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2).
Doubles
|
|
CMS |
|
Pomona-Pitzer |
Winner |
Score |
|
1. |
K. Lim-Huang |
v. |
Solomon-Wang |
CMS |
8-3 |
|
2. |
Kukino-C. Lim |
v. |
Chao-Padmanabhan |
CMS |
8-2 |
|
3. |
Dobbert-Smrecek |
v. |
Holsted-Emily Kawahara |
P-P |
8-5 |
Singles
|
|
CMS |
|
Pomona-Pitzer |
Winner |
Score |
|
1. |
Kristin Lim |
v. |
Jamie Solomon |
CMS |
6-0, 6-1 |
|
2. |
v. |
Samantha Chao |
P-P |
5-7, 6-1, 6-4 |
|
|
3. |
Sarah Kukino |
v. |
Kara Wang |
CMS |
3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) |
|
4. |
v. |
Arthi Padmanabhan |
|
5-7, 7-6 DNF |
|
|
5. |
Chloe Dobbert |
v. |
Jessica Hsu |
CMS |
6-0, 6-1 |
|
6. |
Jacklyn Smrecek |
v. |
Nicole Holsted |
P-P |
6-2, 6-2 |
Order of finish:
Doubles: 2, 1, 3
Singles: 1, 5, 6, 2, 3
