Women's Tennis Wins Both Singles and Doubles Titles at Big Green Invite

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth women's tennis team went 35-2 in the three days of competition at the Big Green Invite and 13-1 on the final day with singles and doubles titles.

Overall the singles competition had co-champions as senior Mary Beth Winingham (Carmel, Ind.) and senior captain Jesse Adler (Winnetka, Ill.) both earned the honor. Adler defeated Candynce Boney of UMass in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, while Winingham took down the Minutewomen's Julia Comas after dropping the first set and she went on to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

In doubles, Winingham and junior Molly Scott (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) paired up to win the doubles title after shutting out Boney and Maude Lecluyse of UMass, 8-0, on the final day of competition.

Sophomore Carissa King (Charlotte, N.C.) won convincingly on the final day, not allowing her opponent to pick up a game and finished with a 6-0-, 6-0, victory in her last match of the fall. Freshman Jeri Reichel (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) also defeated her opponent handily with a 6-2, 6-0, win, while classmate Christina Danosi (New Albany, Ohio) finished her fall with a 6-1, 6-3, straight-set victory.

The Big Green Invite concludes the fall for Dartmouth. The Big Green will back on the court Jan. 23 against Temple.

Box Scores:

Molly Scott defeated Ploch UMASS 6-3,6-3
Jesse Adler defeated Boney UMASS 6-1,6-1
Mary Beth Winingham defeated Comas UMASS 4-6,6-3,6-2
Christina Danosi defeated Hodgson UMASS 6-1,6-3
Carley Markovitz defeated Lecluyse UMASS 6-3,6-4
Carissa King defeated Providence UMASS 6-0,6-0
Jeri Reichel defeated Janotta UMASS 6-2,6-0
Julia Zak defeated Swiszcz UMASS 8-2
Shelley Carpeni defeated Mikhaylova St. John's 5-7,6-1,7-5

Scott/Winingham defeated Boney/Lecluyse UMASS 8-0
Adler/Zak defeated Ploch /Comas UMASS 9-8 (2)
Leonard/Danosi defeated Swiszcz - Hodgson UMASS 8-6
Markovitz/Reichel defeated Providence - Jannotta UMASS 8-6
Danosi/King lost to Yonkus/Liantonio St. John's 8-6

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