Washington University Women’s Tennis Finishes Fourth at ITA Indoors

Greencastle, Ind., March 4, 2012 – The No. 14-ranked Washington University in St. Louis women’s tennis team dropped matches against No. 13 Carnegie Mellon University and No. 16 DePauw University on Saturday and Sunday to finish fourth at the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Indoor Championship in Greencastle, Ind.

Washington U. (2-2) lost its semifinal match against Carnegie Mellon, 9-0, on Saturday. In the third-place match against DePauw on Sunday, the Bears lost 7-2.

Match-by-Match Results vs. Carnegie Mellon:
Doubles:
1. Laura Chen/Courtney Chin (CMUW) def. Evelyn Qin/Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 8-1
2. Katie Cecil/Chelsea Motie (CMUW) def. Kate Klein/Theresa Petraskova (WASHU) 8-4
3. Bryn Raschke/Angela Pratt (CMUW) def. Paige Madara/Corinne Rauck (WASHU) 8-5

Singles:
1. Laura Chen (CMUW) def. Natalie Tingir (WASHU) 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2
2. Katie Cecil (CMUW) def. Theresa Petraskova (WASHU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Chelsea Motie (CMUW) def. Kate Klein (WASHU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Courtney Chin (CMUW) def. Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Angela Pratt (CMUW) def. Hanna Newstadt (WASHU) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)
6. Cze-Ja Tam (CMUW) def. Paige Madara (WASHU) 6-4, 6-4

Match-by-Match Results vs. DePauw:
Doubles:
1. Kelly Gebert/Maggie MacPhail (DPU) def. Evelyn Qin/Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 8-5
2. Meg Crowley/Claire Marshall (DPU) def. Theresa Petraskova/Kate Klein (WASHU) 8-4
3. Hanna Newstadt/Corinne Rauck (WASHU) def. Kaitlin Pickrel/Caroline Emhardt (DPU) 8-2

Singles:
1. Kelly Gebert (DPU) def. Natalie Tingir (WASHU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
2. Maggie MacPhail (DPU) def. Theresa Petraskova (WASHU) 6-2, 7-5
3. Meg Crowley (DPU) def. Evelyn Qin (WASHU) 6-3, 6-0
4. Claire Marshall (DPU) def. Kate Klein (WASHU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Katie Regan (DPU) def. Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Hanna Newstadt (WASHU) def. Kaitlin Pickrel (DPU) 6-1, 6-2

Up Next:
The Bears are scheduled to host their first home match of the season on Tuesday, March 6. Washington U. will take on Ferris State University beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the Tao Tennis Center.