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No. 6 Miami Defeats 65th-Ranked Women's Tennis 6-1
March 21, 2012 | Women's Tennis
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- No. 6 Miami claimed the doubles point and took five of the six singles matches to defeat the 65th-ranked Princeton women's tennis team 6-1 Tuesday afternoon in Florida.
Katie Goepel picked up Princeton's point in a tiebreak-format third set, winning 6-4, 4-6, 10-8. The Tigers also won one of the three doubles matches as 29th-ranked Hilary Bartlett and Lindsay Graff prevailed in a battle of ranked opponents, defeating 28th-ranked Melissa Bolivar and Liat Zimmerman.
The match was Princeton's only competition on the spring trip and Princeton's next-to-last match before Ivy League play begins next weekend. The Tigers will host Denver next Friday, March 30, at noon.
(6) Miami (11-1) 6, (65) Princeton (6-8) 1
Doubles
1. (29) Bartlett/Graff (P) def. (28) Bolivar/Zimmerman (M), 8-5
2. (74) Lileikite/Mejia (M) def. (54) Goepel/Saiontz (P), 8-3
3. Bartenstein/Dubins (M) def. Chow/Flanigan (8-5)
Order of finish: 2,3,1
Singles
1. (20) Anna Bartenstein (M) def. (87) Hilary Bartlett (P), 6-2, 6-3
2. (32) Gabriela Mejia (M) def. Lindsay Graff (P), 6-3, 6-1
3. (99) Lina Lileikite (M) def. Rachel Saiontz (P), 6-4, 6-3
4. Melissa Bolivar (M) def. Katherine Flanigan (P), 6-0, 6-1
5. Liat Zimmerman (M) def. Monica Chow (P), 6-4, 7-5
6. Katie Goepel (P) def. Brittany Dubins (M), 6-4, 4-6, (10-8).