No. 5 CMS returns to action, takes down Bates and Point Loma
CLAREMONT, Calif. – After over two weeks off from competition, the No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team hit the courts on Feb. 21 for a home doubleheader against Bates and Point Loma at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. CMS won both matches, defeating Bates 8-1 in the morning match and Point Loma 7-2 in the final match of the day. CMS is now 3-0 on the season.
CMS 8, Bates 1
The Athenas made quick work of Bates in doubles action, taking all three matches with the narrowest margin of victory being 8-4 in No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. The doubles team of freshmen Lauren Livingston (CMC) and Samantha Nuno (SCR) earned their first collegiate doubles victory of the regular season as a pair and scored the first team point of the match for CMS in doubles, finishing first with an 8-3 win. In singles play, CMS nearly swept all six points, winning singles matches in the second through sixth position. In a scenario that will have to occur all season long for CMS to be successful, three freshmen (Livingston, Bria Smith (CMC) and Kyla Scott (HMC)) all registered singles wins for CMS.
The lone point for Bates in the morning match came in No. 1 singles as Elena Mandzhukova outlasted Caroline Ward (CMC) 7-6, 2-6, 14-12. With the overall match already decided, the third set between Ward and Mandzhukova was played the first to 10 points rather than the usual first to win six games.
Doubles
1. Katie Kuosman/Caroline Ward (CMS) def. Elena Mandzhukova/Elizabeth Erbafina (BATES) 8-4
2. Sarah Kukino/Kyla Scott (CMS) def. Maisie Silverman/Kelsey Pearson (BATES) 8-4
3. Lauren Livingston/Samantha Nuno (CMS) def. Emma Blakeley/Kate Rosenthal (BATES) 8-3
Singles
1. Elena Mandzhukova (BATES) def. Caroline Ward (CMS) 7-6, 2-6, 14-12
2. Sarah Kukino (CMS) def. Elizabeth Erbafina (BATES) 6-4, 6-4
3. Katie Kuosman (CMS) def. Maisie Silverman (BATES) 6-4, 6-1
4. Kyla Scott (CMS) def. Kate Rosenthal (BATES) 6-3, 6-1
5. Bria Smith (CMS) def. Olivia Voccola (BATES) 6-0, 6-0
6. Lauren Livingston (CMS) def. Emma Blakeley (BATES) 6-2, 6-2
Order of completion
Doubles: 3 2 1
Singles: 5, 6, 4, 3,2,1
CMS 7, Point Loma 2
Once again, the Athenas excelled in doubles play, winning all three matches, although Point Loma kept it a bit closer then Bates did in the earlier match. Kuosman and Ward cruised to an 8-2 win in No. 1 doubles and were the first to finish for CMS, scoring the first point. In singles, besides the win by Ward in No. 1 singles, the bottom part of the lineup carried CMS as the freshmen trio of Brown, Smith and Scott all won their matches.
Doubles
1. Katie Kuosman/Caroline Ward (CMS) def. Hillary Ramage/Nikki Newell (PLNU) 8-2
2. Sarah Kukino/Kyla Scott (CMS) def. Regina von Koch/Preethika Venugopal (PLNU) 8-6
3. Lindsay Brown/ Bria Smith (CMS) def. Madeline Cunningham/Jen Weissmann (PLNU) 8-6
Singles
1. Caroline Ward (CMS) def. Madeline Cunningham (PLNU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Nikki Newell (PLNU) def. Sarah Kukino (CMS) 6-3, 6-4
3. Regina von Koch (PLNU) def. Katie Kuosman (CMS) 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 (10-7)
4. Lindsay Brown (CMS) def. Hillary Ramage (PLNU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Bria Smith (CMS) def. Jen Weissmann (PLNU) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)
6. Kyla Scott (CMS) def. Cassidy Siegfried (PLNU) 6-1, 6-1
Order of completion
Doubles: 1,3,2
Singles: 6,4,1,2,5,3
Next up for CMS is a trip up to Northern California for matches against Academy of the Art (Feb. 28) and UC Santa Cruz (March 1).
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