After a great run to the finals of the 2015 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, the Colorado College women's tennis team's season came to a close Sunday with a 5-1 loss to Trinity University in the championship match.
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Trinity, ranked 31
st in the country, took a commanding 3-0 lead by sweeping the doubles matches. Senior
Mary Edman and sophomore
Fiona Cerf lost the No. 1 match, 8-0, to Marie Lutz and Liza Southwick. Edman and Cerf provided a stellar season, posting a 14-4 record at the top spot.
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Senior
Maggie Harwood and sophomore
Maddie Cahill-Sanidas dropped the No. 2 match to Gabrielle Roe and Caroline White, 8-2, while freshmen
Natalia Dellavalle and
Anna Smith fell to Cheyenne Duncan and Blaire Porter, 8-1, at the No. 3 position.
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In singles, Dellavalle recorded CC's lone point when White was forced to retire with an injury with Dellavalle ahead 4-1 in the first set. Roe gave Trinity its fourth point of the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Harwood at the No. 4 spot and Southwick clinched the title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Edman at No. 2. The other matches were halted at that point.
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"Our schedule definitely helped prepare for this match as we've played stronger teams during the year," CC head coach
Anthony Weber said. "We've taken big steps and are already excited for next year."
CC finished the season with a 9-9 record, the most wins in a season since the 2011-12 campaign.
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Trinity University 5, Colorado College 1Apr 26, 2015 at Georgetown, TexasFinals – 2015 SCAC ChampionshipsÂ
Doubles 1. Marie Lutz / Liza Southwick (TU) def.
Fiona Cerf /
Mary Edman, 8-0
2. Gabrielle Roe / Caroline White (TU) def.
Maddie Cahill-Sanidas /
Maggie Harwood, 8-2
3. Cheyenne Duncan / Blaire Porter (TU) def.
Anna Smith /
Natalia Dellavalle, 8-1
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Singles 1.
Fiona Cerf (CC) vs. Marie Lutz, DNF
2. Liza Southwick (TU) def.
Mary Edman, 6-3, 6-2
3.
Natalia Dellavalle (CC) def. Caroline White, 1-4, retired
4. Gabrielle Roe (TU) def.
Maggie Harwood, 6-1, 6-0
5.
Maddie Cahill-Sanidas (CC) vs. Nicole Rueb (TU), DNF
6.
Gillian Hyde (CC) vs. Cheyenne Duncan, DNF
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