#75 Women's Tennis Cruises by Penn, 5-2

Sunday, April 10

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Penn

4/10/2011 8:31:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. — The 75th-ranked Dartmouth women's tennis team defeated Penn, 5-2, on Sunday at the Boss Tennis Center to remain undefeated in the Ivy League. The Big Green won the doubles point and got singles wins from senior tri-captains Ryan Reichel (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) and Georgiana Smyser (Houston, Texas) and sophomores Sarah Leonard (Norwalk, Conn.) and Christina Danosi (New Albany, Ohio). The Big Green improved to 12-7 overall and 4-0 in the Ivy League, while the Quakers fell to 6-12 overall and 0-4 in the conference.

Dartmouth took the doubles point, 2-1, thanks to wins from the teams of Smyser and Reichel at second doubles and Danosi and fellow sophomore Jeri Reichel (Hilton Head Island, S.C.), who pulled out a 9-7 thriller at third doubles. Senior tri-captain Molly Scott (Trabuco Cyn, Calif.) and freshman Melissa Matsuoka (Newport Beach, Calif.) fell 8-4 at No. 1 doubles to Connie Hsu and Alexa Ely, who are 11-1 in 2011 matches and undefeated in Ivy League play.

In singles, Danosi put the first singles point on the board for the Big Green with a resounding 6-0, 6-2 win against junior Daniela DePaoli at sixth singles. Smyser quickly followed with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over freshman Lauren Bridges at No. 5. Leonard clinched the match for Dartmouth with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at second singles over freshman Jaime Yapp-Shing. Ryan Reichel notched a fifth point for Dartmouth with a 7-6, 6-3 victory at No. 4 against freshman Stephanie Do.

Scott was defeated in straight sets at first singles by Quaker freshman Hsu, the country's 23rd-ranked player who also has a WTA pro singles and doubles ranking. Hsu is 17-0 in spring dual matches, has won 41 singles matches during the 2010-11 season, and won the ITA Northeast Regional Singles Championship in October. Matsuoka split sets at third singles with Alexa Ely, and played a third set super-breaker since the match was already decided. The freshman ended up falling to the Quaker senior 10-7 in the super-breaker.

Dartmouth returns to action at home against Brown on Friday at 3 p.m.

No. 75 Dartmouth 5, University of Pennsylvania 2

Singles:
1) Molly Scott lost to #23 Connie Hsu: 6-0, 6-4
2) Sarah Leonard defeated Jaime Yapp-Shing: 6-2, 6-3
3) Melissa Matsuoka lost to Alexa Ely: 5-7, 6-1, 10-7
4) Ryan Reichel defeated Stephanie Do: 7-6 (3), 6-3
5) Georgiana Smyser defeated Lauren Bridges: 6-2, 6-2
6) Christina Danosi defeated Daniela DePaoli: 6-0, 6-2

Exhibition: Rachel Decker-Sadowski defeated Rose Schlecker: 8-0

Doubles:
1) Scott/Matsuoka lost to Ely/Hsu: 8-4
2) R. Reichel/Smyser defeated Yapp-Shing/DePaoli: 8-5
3) Jeri Reichel/Danosi defeated Do/Emma Whitfield: 9-7