Browne Surpasses Baljon for 2010 NCAA Women's Tennis Individual Title
Courtesy Tufts Sports Information
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – In a dominating display of tennis,
Tufts University junior tri-captain and two-time NESCAC Player of
the Year Julia Browne (Old Brookville, N.Y.) won the 2010 NCAA
Women's Tennis Singles Championship on Sunday afternoon at Mary
Washington University. Over three days and six matches at the NCAA
Singles Championship, Browne did not lose a set while cruising to
the title.
The number three seed in the NCAA Singles draw, Browne defeated a number of familiar, friendly foes on her way to the title. In the final on Sunday, she was a 6-2, 7-5 winner against eighth seed Grace Baljon from Williams College. Browne had defeated Brittany Berkes from Amherst in the semifinals on Saturday 6-2, 6-0. Her quarterfinal victory earlier on Saturday had come against MIT's Leslie Hansen 6-1, 6-4.
Browne had won two singles matches handily on Friday to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. In the first round, she defeated Natalia Agarycheva from Willamette quickly by 6-1, 6-1 scores. Into the second round, Browne won almost as easily against Courtney Chin from Carnegie Mellon by 6-4, 6-1 scores.
Overall, Browne won 61 games and lost just 21 during her title run.
After her singles play on each of the three days, Browne then joined Tufts senior tri-captain Meghan McCooey (Cumberland, Mass.) for the NCAA Doubles competition. The number-one seed in the NCAA Doubles draw, the Jumbo pair played into the NCAA semifinals before losing.
On Thursday, they made quick work of their opponents, Lauren Caire and Ellen Yeatman from Washington and Lee, winning by 6-3 and 6-1 scores. On Saturday, they cruised through the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-3 win against Prita Kidder and Amy Schlessman of Kenyon. Up against Kendra Higgins and Chrissy Hu of the University of Chicago in the semi-finals on Sunday, the Tufts twosome lost a hard-fought match in three games by 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 scores. Higgins and Hu later went on to win the national title.
