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Women's Tennis Deals No. 28 Marshall's First Defeat
March 06, 2010 | Women's Tennis
PRINCETON -- For the third time in as many matches, the No. 45 Princeton women's tennis team has knocked off a fellow ranked squad, this time dealing No. 28 Marshall its first loss of the season.
Princeton (9-4) clinched the doubles point at the second position when Blakely Ashley and Rachel Saiontz outlasted Kara Kucin and Isabell Raich in a tiebreaker, 9-8.
In a battle of two singles players ranked by the ITA, Marshall's Michaela Kissel got past Hilary Bartlett 6-1, 6-2, but Ashley and Melissa Saiontz answered with wins at fifth and second singles, respectively. After Marshall cut the Princeton lead to 3-2 with a win at sixth singles, Princeton took the last two matches with victories by Taylor Marable and Rachel Saiontz to make the 5-2 final.
The Thundering Herd entered the match at 11-0 on the season but became the fifth ranked team to fall to Princeton this season.
Princeton will be away from competition until a pair of spring break matches Mar. 16 and 17 in South Carolina.
(45) Princeton (9-4) 5, (28) Marshall (11-1) 2
Doubles
1. (28) Bartlett/Marable (P) def. (30) Kissel/Zaprazna (M), 8-0
2. Ashley/R. Saiontz (P) def. Kara Kucin/Raich (M), 9-8(4)
3. Bailey/Lock (M) def. Hoffman/M. Saiontz (P), 8-2
Order of finish: 1,3,2
Singles
1. (33) Michaela Kissel (M) def. (70) Hilary Bartlett (P), 6-1, 6-2
2. Melissa Saiontz (P) def. Dominika Zaprazna (M), 6-2, 7-6(8)
3. Rachel Saiontz (P) def. Isabell Raich (M), 7-5, 7-6(4)
4. Taylor Marable (P) def. Catherine Kellner (M), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Blakely Ashley (P) def. Deanna Bailey (M), 6-3, 6-3
6. Kristina Koprcina (M) def. Sarah Hoffman (P), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 1,5,2,6,4,3