2013 NCAA Division III Women's
Tennis Championships
NCAA Regionals, Third Round
Day 3 Recap (May 12, 2013)
CMS 5, Pomona-Pitzer 3
The No. 2 ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis
team defeated Pomona-Pitzer 5-3 in the third round of the NCAA
Division III Women's Tennis Championships on Sunday afternoon at
the Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, Calif. With the
win, CMS advances to the Division III Quarterfinals May 20 in
Kalamazoo, Mich. against the University of Chicago.
In doubles, CMS took a 1-0 lead as Kristin Lim
and Caroline Ward defeated Sammy
Chao and Kara Wang 8-2 in No. 1 doubles.
The No. 3 doubles team of Arthi Padmanabhan and
Lea Lynn Yen of Pomona-Pitzer evened the score at
1-1 with a 8-5 win over Chloe Dobbert and
Yvonne Likomanova. The tighest doubles match came
in No. 2 doubles as the Pomona-Pitzer duo of Samantha Mae
Coyiuto and Jamie Solomon won 9-7 over
Sarah Kukino
and Crystal Lim, after trailing 7-4.
CMS won the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 singles matches while
Pomona-Pitzer took No. 6. Kristin Lim won the No. 1 singles match
over Solomon 6-0, 6-1. Dobbert defeated Yen 6-2, 6-3 in No. 5
singles to give CMS a 3-2 lead. Kukino followed with a 6-4, 7-5 win
in No. 4 singles over Fleming. In No. 6 singles, Padmanabhan got
Pomona-Pitzer a point with a 6-1, 8-6 win over Likomanova to get
Pomona-Pitzer within a point at 4-3. Minutes later, Ward ended the
match for CMS with a 6-4, 6-2 win in No. 2 singles.
Pomona-Pitzer ends its season at 15-7 while CMS moves to 29-0.