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Friday, Mar 29, 2024

Women’s tennis dominates Rochester with 9-0 victory

In their third match of the season, the women’s tennis team came out victorious, beating Rochester 9-0 at home. So far this season, the team lost only one match out of the 27 played, and entered the match against Rochester ranked 12th nationally.
This week 16th ranked Victoria Aiello ’12 beat 17th ranked Lia Wiener in only two matches for the number one singles match. Both sets were close, but Aiello pulled away victorious, winning 7-6 and 7-5.
In the number two doubles spot, Leah Kepping ’13 was able to pull out victorious after losing the first set 5-7, winning the next two 6-1, 6-4 in order to beat out Rochestor’s Frances Tseng. Sally Wilkey ’12 also won her match in the number three singles spot after losing the first set 5-7, easily beating Alexandra Goodman in the next two sets 6-1, 6-2.
Finishing out the singles matches were Anna Burke ’13, Dorrie Paradies ’14 and Whitney Hanson ’11. All three of them won their matches in just two sets; none of them letting their opponents win more than three games.
In terms of doubles play, in 27 games played over three separate matches, Middlebury players only let three games get away. In the number one doubles spot Brittany Faber ’13 and Kepping let two games through to win 8-2 against Alexandra Goodman and Frances Tseng of Rochester.

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Both the team of Aiello and Burke and the team of Wilkey and Paradies easily won their matches, both winning 8-1.
“The team put in a lot of time during the off season which is already paying off as we head into the spring,” said tri-captain Hanson. “Everyone on the team has gained confidence this year after our successful fall season, our off season training and our strong start to the spring season. We have a very energetic team and everyone is excited and prepared to play well.”
Over spring break the team will be playing four separate matches as they travel to the south for a training trip. The team will start off by playing Emory University this Friday in Atlanta, Georgia. They will then play Mary Washington and Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday and Monday respectively at Emory University. The Panthers will complete their spring break matches on April Fool’s Day against Savannah College of Art and Design in Hilton Head, S.C.
“The team is excited to finally play outdoors this coming Friday,” Hanson said. “We are traveling to Atlanta for the first half of our trip to play 3 different teams. We are especially excited to play Emory who is one of the top ranked teams in the country.”
The team will then quickly be in the heart of their season, beginning at Hamilton on the 10th. In the two weeks following, the team will play four matches all against NESCAC teams. Just five weeks after returning from spring break, the team will compete in the NESCAC Tournament.

 


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