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Women's Tennis Defeats Columbia 6-1, Wins Third Straight
April 18, 2008 | Women's Tennis
The Princeton women's tennis team won six sets in singles by scores of 6-0 on the way to a 6-1 victory over Columbia in an Ivy League match played Friday afternoon at the Lenz Tennis Center. The win was Princeton's third straight.
The 71st-ranked Tigers (11-8, 4-2 Ivy), playing their final home match of the season, clinched the match when senior Ivana King, playing her final home match, defeated Nina Suda 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. King's win was her team-leading 12th this spring.
Freshman Sarah Hoffman didn't lose a game in a straight-set win at No. 5 singles, while Melissa Saiontz, Taylor Marable and Kelly Stewart each won one set by a 6-0* score. Marable improved to a perfect 6-0* at the No. 3 singles spot during Ivy League play.
The Tigers clinched the doubles point when King and Sarah Huah defeated Stephanie Zilberman and Lauren Shearer 8-2 at the No. 2 spot.
Princeton will conclude its season Sunday afternoon at Cornell.
Princeton 6, Columbia 1
April 18, 2008
Lenz Tennis Center
Doubles (Princeton wins doubles point)
1. Nina Suda/Linnae Goswami, C, def. Taylor Marable/Rebecca Parks, P, 8-6
2. Sarah Huah/Ivana King, P, def. Stephanie Zilberman/Lauren Shearer, C, 8-2
3. Sarah Hoffman/Melissa Saiontz, P, def. Carling Donovan/Natalia Christenson, C, 8-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. King, P, def. Suda, C, 6-1, 6-0
2. Saiontz, P, def. Zilberman, C, 6-2, 6-0
3. Marable, P, def. Donovan, C, 6-0, 6-3*
4. Shearer, C, def. Huah, P, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (6)
5. Hoffman, P, def. Goswami, C, 6-0, 6-0
6. Kelly Stewart, P, def. Christenson, C, 6-0, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 1, 3, 6, 4
*Results later vacated due to NCAA Committee on Infractions decision.