(Story taken from the DePauw University website)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The doubles team of Greer
Mackie (pictured middle) and Kayla Smith (pictured far
left) rallied to defeat fourth-seeded Cary Gibson and Nikki
Reich of Williams in their opening round match in the NCAA Division
III Women's Tennis Doubles Championship and advanced to Saturday's
national quarterfinals.
Gibson and Reich won the opening set by a 6-4 score before Mackie
and Smith took the second set 7-6 (7-2 in the tiebreaker). The
Tigers then won the third set by a 6-4 score.
Mackie and Smith will play the winner of today's match between
Laura Chen/Ashley Herrick of Carnegie Mellon and Molly Fiala/Andrea
Schupach of Coe. The quarterfinal match is scheduled to start at 3
p.m.
Janelle Arita (pictured above far right), the 2009 ITA
Player to Watch, opened the 32-player Division III Singles
Championship this morning and dropped a three-set match to
top-seeded Siobhan Finicane of Pomona-Pitzer. Arita won the opening
set by a 6-1 score before Finicane took the second set, 7-6 (7-3 in
the tiebreaker). Finican won the third and decisive set by a 6-3
score. Arita finished the season with a 23-11 mark in singles play.
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