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Date: March 9, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby tennis teams split with Wesleyan

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Sara Hughes (Burlington/South Burlington, Vt.) and Britt Palmedo (Deerfield/Ketchum, Idaho) each won tough singles matches and combined for a victory at first doubles to lead the Colby College women's tennis team to a 6-3 victory over Wesleyan University on Sunday.

In the men's match, Wesleyan won the first three singles matches in taking a 5-4 win against Colby.

Hughes and Palmedo each lost their first sets and then battled back for the win. Hughes lost a tiebreaker in the first set and took a 6-3 victory in the second set. With time constraints, a tiebreaker was played to decide the third set and Hughes held on for an 11-9 win.

Palmedo had a similar match in losing 7-5 in the first set and then winning 6-2 to tie things up. She won the third set tiebreaker by a 10-6 advantage.

Paige Hanzlik (Hinsdale/Oak Brook, Ill.) also lost the first set before winning 6-3 and then taking a 10-7 tiebreaker to win at fifth singles for Colby (4-4 overall, 1-0 spring season). Christina Pluta (Mercer/Mercer island, Wash.) took the fourth singles match.

Rich Cook (Lincoln-Sudbury/Sudbury, Mass.) won at fourth singles and Ben Crane (Blake School/Edina, Minn.) took the sixth singles match for Colby.

Women: Colby 6, Wesleyan 3

Singles: No. 1: Sara Hughes, C, d. Dina Guth, 6-7 (4), 6-3, (11-9); No. 2: Britt Palmedo, C, d. Tiffany Lo, 5-7, 6-2, (10-6); No. 3: Ashley Brick, W, d. Caren Harris, 7-6 (2), 6-4; No. 4: Christina Pluta, C, d. Sarah Seidman, 7-6 (5), 6-2); No. 5: Paige Hanzlik, C, d. Sarah Colac, 2-6, 6-3, (10-7); No. 6: S. Ragab, W, d. Jenny Grace, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles: No. 1: Hughes/Palmedo, C, d. Brick/Guth, 8-3; No. 2: Lo/Colac, W, d. Harris/Pluta, 8-5; No. 3: Hanzlik/Grace, C, d. Ragab/Seidman, 8-2.

Men: Wesleyan 5, Colby 4

Singles: No. 1: Alex Wong, W, d. Marc Kassin, 6-2, 6-2; No. 2: Darren Becker, W, d. John McManigal, 6-4, 6-0; No. 3: Max Kates, W, d. Steen Sehnert, 6-4, 6-2; 4: Rich Cook, C, d. Dan Yeoman, 6-4, 1-6, (10-8); 5: Matt Cron, W, d. Kevin Yardi, 2-6, 7-5, (11-9); 6: Ben Crane, C, d. Adam Stone, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: No. 1: Wong/Becker, W, d. Yardi/Sehnert, 8-4; No. 2: John McManigal/Rich Cook, C, d. Yeoman/Rhodes, 8-3; No. 3: Kassin/John Fallon, C, d. Kates/Stone, 8-4