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Date: October 2, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby women's tennis beats Bates, 7-2

LEWISTON, MAINE --

Sophomore Sara Hughes (Burlington/South Burlington, Vt.) took an easy victory at first singles to power the Colby College women's tennis team to a 7-2 victory over Bates College on Wednesday.

Hughes had a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Tara DeVito and then combined with Britt Palmedo (Deerfield/Ketchum, Idaho) for a win at first doubles.

Senior Caren Harris (Germantown/Fairview Village, Pa.) had a tight 6-2, 6-7, (10-7 tiebreaker for third set) win over Kelsey Evans at second singles. Sophomore Nikki Patel (Westminster/Avon, Conn.) won a tiebreaker third set for a Colby victory at sixth singles.

Fourth singles player Christina Pluta (Mercer/Mercer Island, Wash.) and first-year player Ginny Raho (Lincoln School/Providence, R.I.) at fifth singles won their matches in straight sets. Pluta also teamed with Harris for a victory at second doubles.

Colby will entertain Amherst on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Colby 7, Bates 2

Singles

No. 1: Sara Hughes, C, d. Tara DeVito, 6-1, 6-1

No. 2: Caren Harris, C, d. Kelsey Evans, 6-2, 6-7 (6), (10-7)

No. 3: Liz Currie, B, d. Paige Hanzlik, 6-3, 6-4

No. 4: Christina Pluta, C, d. Heather Bracken, 6-4, 6-3

No. 5: Ginny Raho, C, d. Lindsay Yost, 6-3, 6-0

No. 6: Nikki Patel, C, d. Diana Wilkinson, 5-7, 6-4, (10-5)

Doubles

No. 1: Hughes/Britt Palmedo, C, d. Bracken/Yost, 8-4

No. 2: Harris/Pluta, C, d. DeVito/Currie, 8-2

No. 3: Evans/Wilkinson, B, d. Hanzlik/Raho, 8-4