NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – For the second-straight yr, the College of Chicago ladies’s tennis workforce captured the ITA Division III Nationwide Staff Indoor Championship on Sunday with a 5-1 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
Sunday’s showdown featured the highest two groups within the nation, in addition to a rematch of the 2022 NCAA Division III Championship last. This time round, the No. 2-ranked Maroons (8-0 document) proved to be too sturdy throughout the lineup for the No. 1-ranked Athenas (4-1 document).
Doubles performed out very intently within the three matches. Whereas CMS squeaked out a tiebreaker win at No. 3, UChicago prevailed within the different two bouts. The No. 1 duo of Sylwia Mikos/Shianna Guo received 8-6, whereas the No. 2 tandem of Claudia Ng/Perene Wang picked up an 8-5 victory.
The early levels of singles noticed the 2 applications cut up first units, 3-3. Nicole Geller (No. 3), Brooke Pedersen (No. 4) and Claudia Ng (No. 6) went on to win in straight units to present the Maroons the workforce factors they wanted to clinch the title. The remaining three bouts went unfinished.
It marked the second ITA indoor title in program historical past for UChicago. The 2022 squad beforehand defeated Emory College 5-4.
“Our play all weekend, and the championship right this moment, was all concerning the workforce’s resilience and resolve,” mentioned Head Coach Jay Tee. “They’d each alternative to make the excuse that finals begin on Monday or that they had been drained or pressured or any variety of different issues, however that is not what this workforce is about and that is why their success is not a fluke. From the primary day, they had been decided to outwork the opposite workforce and to maintain preventing irrespective of the circumstance, they usually did simply that. Within the finals, we did job of not making this about revenge, a championship, or a objective. Fairly, we simply wished to stay collectively and play the ball, not the opponent or second, which we did. I could not be happier for the workforce or extra proud to share the courts with them this weekend.”
UChicago 5, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1Singles1. Sylwia Mikos (UC) vs. Alisha Chulani (CMS) 4-6, 6-1, 1-2, unfinished2. Shianna Guo (UC) vs. Audrey Yoon (CMS) 0-6, 4-5, unfinished3. Nicole Geller (UC) def. Katherine Wurster (CMS) 6-3, 6-14. Brooke Pedersen (UC) def. Ella Brissett (CMS) 7-5, 6-45. Miranda Yuan (UC) vs. Sena Selby (CMS) 2-6, 5-4, unfinished6. Claudia Ng (UC) def. Nikolina Batoshvili (CMS) 6-4, 6-2Doubles1. Sylwia Mikos/Shianna Guo (UC) def. Alisha Chulani/Nikolina Batoshvili (CMS) 8-62. Claudia Ng/Perene Wang (UC) def. Olivia Almy/Audrey Yoon (CMS) 8-53. Katherine Wurster/Sena Selby (CMS) def. Nicole Geller/Lauren Khou (UC) 8-7 (7-3)
NEXT MATCH:
Wednesday, Mar. 15 @ 10:00 AM – UChicago at Trinity College (Texas)
