The 2016-17 season came to an end Sunday for the Colorado College women's tennis team with a hard-fought 5-4 loss to Austin College in the third-place match of the 2017 SCAC Championships in San Antonio, Texas.
 
The Tigers, who defeated Austin College by the same score one week ago, took an early 2-1 lead after the doubles matches. The No. 3 team of senior Maddie Cahill-Sanidas and sophomore Madison Doerre led things off with an 8-5 victory over Anamariia Kheveli and Katie Seibert, then sophomores Annie Zlevor and Simone Hall downed Anna Sergiovanni and Carlye Lide, 9-7, at No. 2. Freshmen Jenna McDonald and Caroline James dropped an 8-5 decision at the No. 1 spot to Grace Ortiz and Kirsten Weber­.  
 
In singles, Austin College took four of the six matches. Sergiovanni beat James, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 2, while Ortiz defeated Doerre, 6-4, 6-0, at No. 3. Zlevor captured a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Seibert at the No. 4 spot and McDonald rallied to beat Weber, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, at the No. 1 position to give CC a 4-3 lead, but the 'Roos clinched the match with a pair of three-set wins at the No. 5 and 6 spots.
 
Magan Green rallied from a set down to defeat Cahill-Sanidas, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 5, while Lide went the distance and clinched it for Austin with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, win over Hall at No. 6.
 
The Tigers finished the 2016-17 campaign with a 7-11 record.
 
 
Austin College 5, Colorado College 4
April 30, 2017
San Antonio, Texas
Third-Place Match – SCAC Championships
 
Doubles
1. Grace Ortiz / Kirsten Weber­­ (AC) def. Jenna McDonald / Caroline James, 8-5
2. Annie Zlevor / Simone Hall (CC) def. Anna Sergiovanni / Carlye Lide, 9-7
3. Maddie Cahill-Sanidas / Madison Doerre (CC) def. Anamariia Kheveli / Katie Seibert, 8-5

Singles
1. Jenna McDonald (CC) def. Kirsten Weber, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
2. Anna Sergiovanni (AC) def. Caroline James, 6-3, 6-3
3. Grace Ortiz (AC) def. Madison Doerre, 6-4, 6-0
4. Annie Zlevor (CC) def. Katie Seibert, 6-3, 6-2
5. Magan Green (AC) def. Maddie Cahill-Sanidas, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
6. Carlye Lide (AC) def. Simone Hall, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4