From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The eighth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team began the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship Tournament with a 9-0 win over the University of Rochester on Friday morning, April 25 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. With the win, the Tartans improve to 16-3 overall while Rochester falls to 5-10.

The Tartans started the match sweeping doubles for the ninth time this season.  The tandem of junior Angela Pratt (Saratoga, Calif./St. Francis) and freshman Nicholle Torres (Weston, Fla./Great Neck South) got the Tartans on the board first with an 8-0 victory over Molly Goodman and Tatyana Lemelman at No. 2 doubles.  Carnegie Mellon then pushed the lead to 3-0 with 8-1 victories at No.1 and No. 3 doubles.  

The number one pair of junior Bryn Raschke (Del Mar, Calif./Torrey Pines) and freshman Vanessa Pavia (Thornwood, N.Y./Academy of our Lady of Good Counsel) defeated Cara Genbauffe and Christine Ho while the number three doubles pair of senior Katie Cecil (Huntington Beach, Calif./Ocean View) and sophomore Brooke Tsu (Hillsborough, Calif./Burlingame) downed Lauren Zickar and Mariana Flores Kim.

Sophomore Abbey Hamstra (Wheatfield, Ind./Kankakee Valley) won her No. 5 singles match 6-0, 6-1 over Kim as  junior Lydia Utkin (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) won at No. 6 singles 6-0, 6-1 over Zickar to clinch the Tartan victory.

Cecil, Torres, sophomore Elizabeth Martin (St. Simons Island, Ga./Frederica Academy) and Raschke all turned in straight set victories at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively. Cecil won 6-1, 6-1 over Ho, Torres defeated Genbauffe 6-2, 6-1, Martin won 6-0, 6-0 against Goodman while Raschke defeated Darby McCall 6-3, 6-1.