EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Dartmouth women's tennis team ended its road weekend on Sunday with a 6-1 loss to Michigan State at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. The Big Green are now 3-7 overall, while the Spartans improved to 7-4.
The home team won the doubles point following victories at the No. 2 and 1 positions. Senior
Allison Chuang and junior
Allison McCann were tied with their opponents, 4-4, when the point was clinched.
Four straight singles wins gave the Spartans a 5-0 advantage. Playing at the No. 3 spot, freshman
Nina Paripovic had a 6-4, 6-4 win over Emily Metcalf to get Dartmouth on the board, but one more win for MSU at the No. 2 position (a close one) ended the match.
Next Saturday, March 2, the Green will host UMass.
1) Metcalf/Pietrowics (MSU) def. Chiu/Lyn (Dartmouth), 6-3
2) Memije/Stephens (MSU) def. Paripovic/Peng (Dartmouth), 6-3
3) Lemonds/Nguyen (MSU) vs. McCann/Chuang (Dartmouth), 4-4, DNF
Order of finish: 2,1
1) Memije (MSU) def. Chiu (Dartmouth), 6-0, 6-2
2) Lemonds (MSU) def. Lyn (Dartmouth), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
3) Paripovic (Dartmouth) def. Metcalf (MSU), 6-4, 6-4
4) Pietrowicz (MSU) def. Guan (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
5) Stephens (MSU) def. Peng (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
6) Nguyen (MSU) def. McCann (Dartmouth), 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 1,6,4,5,3,2