Williams Edges Amherst in NCAA Women's Tennis Third Place Match

Courtesy Amherst Sports Informaiton

REDLANDS, Calif. - After falling to Washington & Lee University in the NCAA Semifinals, hosted by the University of Redlands (CA), on Thursday, the Amherst College women's tennis team dropped its NCAA third-place match to archrival Williams College, 5-4, on Friday. Amherst, which had beaten the two-time defending national champion Ephs twice during the regular season, finishes its season at 15-5. Emory University went on to win the national championship with a 5-1 victory over Washington & Lee.

Amherst's Kristen Raverta (W. Springfield, MA), Tristan Hedrick (Walnut Creek, CA) and Rachel Holt (New York, NY) each went on to play in the NCAA Singles Championships, which began on Saturday. Of the three, only Holt advanced to the second round, where she fell to Washington & Lee's Lindsay Hagerman, 6-2, 6-3.

Holt and Hedrick are also slated to begin NCAA doubles play on Saturday against Washington College's Ne'ko Browder and Shoko Nakamura.

NCAA THIRD-PLACE MATCH: Williams College 5 - Amherst College 4
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 Stephanie Hall (WC) defeated Kristen Raverta (AC), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
#2 Rachel Holt (AC) defeated Julie Mallory (WC), 6-1, 6-2
#3 Tristan Hedrick (AC) defeated Alexandra MacLennan (WC), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
#4 Kate Troy (WC) defeated Hadley Miller (AC), 6-3, 6-2
#5 Tracy Cheung (WC) defeated Roopali Agarwal (AC), 7-5, 6-1
#6 Wallis Molchen (AC) defeated Brittany Binet (WC), 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 Hall/Troy (WC) defeated Holt/Hedrick (AC), 8-5
#2 Miller/Agarwal (AC) defeated Mallory/Cheung (WC), 8-3
#3 MacLennan/Binet (WC) defeated Molchen/Erin Murphy (AC), 8-4