#6 Women's Tennis Outlast #8 Pomona

Mar. 13 – (CLAREMONT, Calif.) – The sixth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team recorded their second straight win over a top ten opponent defeating #8 Pomona 7-2 Thursday.  The Tartans concluded their trip out west with a 4-1 record playing all nationally ranked teams in five straight days.  With the win their overall record moved to 11-3 as Pomona falls to 6-3.  

The freshmen duo of Kelly Hart (Santa Barbara, Calif./San Joaquin) and Ashley Herrick (Amherst, Ohio/Elyria Catholic) trailed 6-1 at second doubles before catching fire and defeating Kasyn Stevenson and Rebecca Lange 9-8 (6) to give the Tartans a 2-1 edge heading into singles play.

The Tartans freshman continued to be the bright spot, as  Hart, Herrick, Jennifer Chui (Saratoga, Calif./Monta Vista) and Danielle Rosenfeld (Gladwyne, Pa./Harriton) all won their singles matches in straight sets.  Sophomore Alisa Liebowitz (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) also won in straight sets defeating Kathryn Myers 6-1, 6-3.

Singles:
#1 Siobhan Finicane def. Amy Staloch (CMU) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Jennifer Chui (CMU) def. Rebecca Lange 6-1, 6-2
#3 Kelly Hart (CMU) def. Olivia Muesse 6-2, 6-3
#4 Alisa Liebowitz (CMU) def. Kathryn Myers 6-1, 6-3
#5 Ashley Herrick (CMU) def. Lindsay Clough 6-1, 6-4
#6 Danielle Rosenfeld (CMU) def. Kasyn Stevenson 7-5, 7-5

Doubles:
#1 Finicane/Muesse def. Staloch/Chui (CMU) 8-1
#2 Herrick/Hart (CMU) def. Lange/Stevenson 9-8 (6)
#3 Loar/Liebowitz (CMU) def. Alexandra Margolin/Zoe Fisher 8-4