The Colorado College women's tennis team edged Division II Metro State 5-4 Sunday afternoon at Lifetime Fitness in Colorado Springs.
 
The Tigers took an early 2-1 lead with an 8-4 victory at No. 2 doubles by junior Maddie Cahill-Sanidas and sophomore Natalia Dellavalle a win by default at the No. 3 spot.
 
CC then took three of the six singles matches, including a thrilling 7-5, 4-6, 10-7 victory by Dellavalle over Emily Kerr at the No. 2 spot. Freshman Simone Hall won the No. 5 match, 6-2, 6-2 over Alex Horton and junior Gillian Hyde won the No. 6 match by default.
 
"This was a big win for us even though Metro had to concede two matches without a sixth player," head coach Anthony Weber said. "We were without our Nos. 2 and 5 players for singles (Kendal McGinnis and Annie Zlevor), but our players stepped up again."
 
The Tigers are idle until their spring break trip to Orlando, Fla. CC will open the week against Haverford College at 8 a.m. (ET) on March 11.
 
 
Colorado College 5, Metro State 4
Feb. 28, 2016
Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
Doubles
1. Courtney Wright / Emily Kerr (METRO) def. Fiona Cerf / Maddison Doerre (CC), 8-6
2. Maddie Cahill-Sanidas / Natalia Dellavalle (CC) def. Linying Xiao / Kaitlyn Miller, 8-4
3. Annie Zlevor / Simone Hall (CC) won by default

Singles
1. Courtney Wright (METRO) def. Fiona Cerf, 6-4, 6-2
2. Natalia Dellavalle (CC) def. Emily Kerr, 7-5, 4-6, 1-0(7)
3. Linying Xiao (METRO) def. Maddison Doerre, 6-2, 6-1
4. Kaitlyn Miller (METRO) def. Maddie Cahill-Sanidas, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(11)
5. Simone Hall (CC) def. Alex Horton, 6-2, 6-2
6. Gillian Hyde (CC) won by default