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Date: October 15, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby women's tennis has mixed weekend

AMHERST, Mass. -- The Colby College women's tennis team competed at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament on Friday.

After a first round bye, first singles player Tracy Nale fell 6-0, 6-1 to top-seeded Amy Roche of Middlebury. Nale and first doubles partner Ginny Raho took a 9-7 win against a team from Smith in the opening round, but then lost a tough 9-7 match to a Tufts pair in the second round.

In the second singles flight, Lauren Uhlmann cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win against Mount Holyoke's Aleksandra Mihalovic in the first round. Uhlmann then lost 6-1, 6-3 to Jen Schwartzkopf of Wellesley in the next round.

Anna Erdheim, Raho, Anna Jazstrab and Nicole Veilleux each lost their opening singles matches. Colby's second and third doubles teams also lost their opening matches.