The Colorado Mesa University women's tennis team rallied from a 2-1 deficit after the doubles matches to defeat Colorado College 5-4 in the Tigers' final home match of the 2015-16 campaign Saturday afternoon at Burghart Courts.
 
The Tigers started strong, winning at the top two doubles spots. After CMU won the No. 3 match, the Tigers' No. 2 team of freshmen Madison Doerre and Simone Hall beat Katie Kirby and Katie Metz, 8-5, then sophomore Fiona Cerf and freshman Annie Zlevor followed suit at the top spot by the same score over Emily Beckley and Emily Dodson.
 
With Cerf forced to sit out the singles matches with an injury, every Tiger moved up one spot and still nearly pulled off the victory over the Division II Mavericks. Sophomore Natalia Dellavalle rallied from a set down to beat Dodson at the No. 1 spot, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, while junior captain Maddie Cahill-Sanidas downed Michele Phillips, 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 4 position.
 
With CMU winning at the Nos. 2 and 3 spots, after Taylor Hershey pulled out a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Hall at No. 5, the team match came down to the No. 6 match between junior Gillian Hyde and Metz. Metz captured the first set 6-3, but Hyde responded to win the second, 7-5. Metz stayed ahead for the entire third set and won it 6-2 to clinch the match for the Mavericks.
 
The Tigers travel to Pueblo, Colo., to take on CSU-Pueblo on Sunday, April 10 beginning at 10 a.m.
 
 
Colorado Mesa 5, Colorado College 4
April 2, 2016
Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
Doubles
1. Fiona Cerf / Annie Zlevor (CC) def. Emily Beckley / Emily Dodson, 8-6
2. Madison Doerre / Simone Hall (CC) def. Katie Kirby / Katie Metz, 8-5
3. Michelle Phillips / Taylor Hershey (CMU) def. Natalia Dellavalle / Maddie Cahill-Sanidas, 8-5
 
Singles
1. Natalia Dellavalle (CC) def. Emily Dodson, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Katie Kirby (CMU) def. Madison Doerre, 6-4, 6-3
3. Emily Beckley (CMU) def. Annie Zlevor, 6-2, 6-2
4. Maddie Cahill-Sanida (CC) def. Michelle Phillips, 6-3, 6-3
5. Taylor Hershey (CMU) def. Simone Hall, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
6. Katie Metz (CMU) def. Gillian Hyde, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2