No. 29 Women's Tennis Falls in Close Match to CSUN, 4-3

Wednesday, March 25

Northridge, Calif.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Cal St. Northridge

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No. 29 Women's Tennis Falls in Close Match to CSUN, 4-3

3/25/2015 10:35:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – The No. 29 Dartmouth women's tennis team was upended by California State University, Northridge, 4-3, at Matador Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

The Green is now 13-2 on the season, while the Matadors improved to 11-2.

CSUN opened the match by winning two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. At the No. 1 position, sophomore Taylor Ng and junior Jacqueline Crawford played together for just the second time this season, defeating Mickey Hsu and Kristen Poei, 8-4.

Dartmouth took the lead by winning three singles matches in a row. Ng had a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Hsu at No. 1 and Crawford defeated Criss Rodriguez, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 3. At No. 2, junior Katherine Yau had a 6-1, 7-5 defeat of Vivian Lin right when CSUN picked up a win at No. 4, leaving the Green with a 3-2 edge. The Matadors then went on to win the remaining two doubles points to take the match.

On Saturday, March 28, Dartmouth will make a quick stop in Texas to play No. 39 Houston. This will be the Green's final non-conference match of the season.

#1 – Ng and Crawford (Dartmouth) def. Hsu and Poei (CSUN), 8-4
#2 – Lin and Kim (CSUN) def. Yau and Kiven (Dartmouth), 8-4
#3 – Warren and Rodriguez (CSUN) def. Okuda and Schroeder (Dartmouth), 8-2

#1 – Ng (Dartmouth) def. Hsu (CSUN), 6-3, 6-1
#2 – Yau (Dartmouth) def. Lin (CSUN), 6-1, 7-5
#3 – Crawford (Dartmouth) def. Rodriguez (CSUN), 6-1, 6-4
#4 – Kim (CSUN) def. Okuda (Dartmouth), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
#5 – Poei (CSUN) def. Schroeder (Dartmouth), 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
#5 – Warren (CSUN) def. Bessen (Dartmouth), 7-6, 6-1