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Date: March 23, 2004
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Hughes keeps winning for Colby women's tennis

HILTON HEAD, S.C. --

Sara Hughes (South Burlington, Vt.) improved to 8-0 on the season for the Colby College women's tennis team with two more victories in the Mules' 7-2 loss to Middlebury College on Monday.

Hughes, the Co-NESCAC Player of the Year last year, is 4-0 in singles and 4-0 in doubles with Allison Dunn (Tucson, Ariz.) this spring. Hughes took a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jackie Ross at first singles. Dunn and Hughes then rolled to an easy 8-1 win at first doubles.

Middlebury 7, Colby 2

Singles --- 1: Sara Hughes, C, d. Jackie Ross, 6-4, 6-2; 2: Amy Roche, M, d. Allison Dunn, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4; 3: Sandy Spring, M, d. Paige Hanzlik, 6-1, 6-0; 4: Claire Smyser, M, d. Christina Pluta, 6-1, 6-3; 5: Lauren Ready, M, d. Lauren Uhlmann, 6-2, 6-3; 6: Kristin Baker, M, d. Anna Erdheim, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-1

Doubles --- 1. Dunn/Hughes, C, d. Ross/Spring, 8-1; 2: Jena Siegel/Roche, M, d. Hanzlik/Pluta, 8-6; 3: Baker/Smyser, M, d. Uhlmann/Morgan Pratt, 8-4