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Tigers Fall to No. 72 Virginia in Women's Tennis Season Opener, 6-1
January 29, 2006 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 29, 2006
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The 72nd-ranked Virginia women's tennis team won five singles matches in straight sets on the way to a 6-1 victory over Princeton in match played Sunday morning.
The match was the season opener for the Tigers, while Virginia improved to 2-0.
The Tigers won at No. 3 doubles, where Rankin Williams and Christine Kansky took an 8-7 decision over Amanda Rales and Caroline Hammond, but the Cavaliers had clinched the doubles point with earlier wins at Nos. 1 and 2.
Princeton's singles win came at No. 5, where Ivana King split sets with Lindsey Pereira before winning a 10-3 pro-set to clinch the victory. The Cavaliers had clinched the match when Kristen James defeated Alison Hashmall at No. 2 singles.
At No. 3, Darcy Robertson lost in straight sets, but the match was closer than the outcome would indicate. Rachel DelPriore won the first set 6-4 before ekeing out a 7-6 victory to clinch the second set.
Princeton will play Old Dominion in Charlottesville on Monday.
No. 72 Virginia 6, Princeton 1
Jan. 29, 2006
Doubles:
1: Wink/DelPriore, V, def. Siebel/King, P, 8-1
2: Stern/James, V, def. Robertson/Roth, P, 8-4
3: Kansky/Williams, P, def. Rales/Hammon, V, 8-7
order of finish: 1,2,3
Singles:
1: Wink, V, def. Siebel, P, 6-3, 6-1
2: James, V, def. Hashmall, P, 6-0, 6-1
3: DelPriore, V, def. Robertson, P, 6-4, 7-6
4: Stern, V, def. Kansky, P, 6-1, 6-2 5: King, P, def. Pereira, V, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3)
6: Rales, V, def. Roth, P, 7-5, 6-1
order of finish: 4,1,2,3,6,5