The Dartmouth women's tennis team downed the University of Massachusetts 4-3 tonight at the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion. The Minutewomen came out strong, winning the doubles point with 8-5 victories at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Junior
Natalie O'Rourke and freshman
Jesse Adler won the lone doubles match for the Big Green, with an 8-0 victory at No. 3.
Dartmouth bounced back quickly in singles. Senior co-captain
Kerry Snow, Adler, and freshman
Carley Markovitz all won handily at No. 4, 5, and 6 singles. At No. 1 singles, junior
Megan Zebroski ran into a tough opponent in Michele Spiess, and fell in straight sets. With Dartmouth up 3-2, freshman
Mary Beth Winingham clinched the match for the Big Green with a straight set win at No. 2 singles. Senior co-captain
Lindsay Winingham was still on the court and, after battling back to win the second set, ended up falling in a third set super-breaker.
The Big Green return to action tomorrow against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at noon.
Dartmouth 4, UMass 3
1. Meg Zebroski lost to Michele Spiess 6-2, 6-2
2.
Mary Beth Winingham def. Masha Pozar 6-3, 6-2
3.
Lindsay Winingham lost to Ellen de Jong 7-5, 3-6, 10-5
4.
Kerry Snow def. Dasa Stanimirovic 6-1, 6-0
5.
Jesse Adler def. Maude Lecluyse 6-1, 6-3
6.
Carley Markovitz def. Stephanie Gimenez 6-1, 6-1
Exhibition:
Maggie Suydam def. Carly Ludmer 8-2
1. Zebroski-M.B. Winingham lost to Pozar-Lecluyse 8-5
2. Snow-L. Winingham lost to Spiess-DeJong 8-5
3.
Natalie O'Rourke-Adler def. DePiero-Murillo 8-0
Exhibition:
4. Jen and
Danielle Murray lost to Stanimirovic-Gimenez 8-7 (4)