From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team opened play at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship with an 8-1 win against host DePauw University on Friday, February 26. The sixth-ranked Tartans and number one seed for the tournament are now 7-1 on the season while 14th-ranked DePauw falls to 2-2.

The Tartans started the scoring at third doubles when junior Nicholle Torres (Weston, Fla./Great Neck South) and senior Abbey Hamstra (Wheatfield, Ind./Kankakee Valley) defeated Colleen Morris and Megan Galle, 8-2. The second doubles pair of freshman Jamie Vizelman(Highland Heights, Ohio/Mayfield) and senior Brooke Tsu (Hillsborough, Calif./Burlingame) then won, 8-2, before sophomore Cori Sidell (Redwood Shores, Calif./Carlmont) and freshman Minami Makino (Whittier, Calif./Sunny Hills) made it a sweep with an 8-6 win at first doubles.

Sidell was the first to finish singles play, as she topped Gretchen Wilder at third singles, 6-1, 6-2. Torres clinched the match with her 6-3, 6-3 win at second singles.

Other wins in singles play came from Tsu, Vizelman and freshman Katie Lai (Hagatna, Guam/St. Andrew's Episcopal School).