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Women's Tennis Captures Win Over Tennessee Tech
March 01, 2008 | Women's Tennis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Ball State University women's tennis team (6-3) captured a 4-3 victory over Tennessee Tech on Saturday afternoon.
The Cardinals fell behind early after losing the doubles point to Tennessee Tech. The No. 3 doubles tandem of Emma Retter and Katherine Rist was the lone twosome to score a victory for Ball State after they defeated Katie Barnhill and Evegenia Yartseva, 8-4.
Ball State came back in singles play to take the match over Tennessee Tech. Hayley Hall was the first to win for BSU at No. 4, winning in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 over Barnhill. Jennifer Pollack dropped her match at the No. 2 position. Georgina Thomson collected a 6-1, 6-3 win over Yartseva. Haly Calderwood then took the No. 3 singles match over Diana Woodcock, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Tennessee Tech then came back to tie the match up at 3-3 with the No. 1 singles victory. The deciding match came down to Retter who won in three sets to Kay Ngiam, 6-2, 6-7, 7-3, 6-4.
The Ball State University women's tennis team will host Butler Wednesday, March 5 at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center.
Results
Doubles
No. 1 Kelly Holtzhausen/Mireia Cano def. Haly Calderwood/Jennifer Pollack BSU, 9-8 (7-4)
No. 2 Diana Woodcock/Kay Ngiam def. Sophie Quist/Georgina Thomson BSU, 8-0
No. 3 Emma Retter/Katherine Rist def. Katie Barnhill/Evegina Yartseva BSU, 8-4
Singles
No. 1 Holtzhausen def. Quist BSU, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Cano def. Pollack BSU, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 Calderwood BSU def. Woodcock, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
No. 4 Hall BSU def. Barnhill, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Retter BSU def. Ngiam, 6-2, 6-7, 7-3, 6-4
No. 6 Thomson BSU def. Yartseva, 6-1, 6-3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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