Brandeis Women Lose a Close One in Ranked Matchup

Box Score

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Brandeis women's tennis team traveled to New York today to take on Skidmore college in a meeting of ITA-ranked teams. The #31 Thoroughbreds upset the #19 Judges in a very close 5-4 match.

TEAM RECORDS AND RANKINGS

Brandeis: 6-5, 19th in Division III by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Skidmore: 7-4, 31th in Division III by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association

HOW IT HAPPENED

Brandeis had the upper hand after the doubles matches, winning two out of three.
The doubles team of Bhakti Parwani (Ahmedabad, India / Kumkum School) and first-year Rebecca Suarez (Huntington, N.Y. / International Virtual Learning Academy) took home the victory in #1 doubles 8-3, while the #2 doubles team of first-years Nancy Zhang (Shanghai, China / Shanghai International Division) and Ella Chase (Lincoln, Mass. / Lincoln-Sudbury Regional) won their match by a score of 8-6.
In singles action, the Judges won two out of the six contests.
Suarez was pushed to three sets at #1, but she eventually prevailed 4-6, 7-6, 7-6.
First-year Phoebe Tamaoki (Cambridge, Mass. / Cambridge Rindge and Latin) was also pushed to a third set where she ended up winning by a score of 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
In the match that likely decided the final score, sophomore Anastasia Sia (Thessaloniki, Greece / Anatolia College) forced a third set after dropping the first, but the third set did not go her way.
Sia lost her match at #4 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.