Women’s tennis pants on Tuesday

PROVIDENCE, RI – Brown women’s tennis, ranked No. 42 in the latest ITA Rankings, defeated Division III Tufts University 5-2 in the semis on Tuesday afternoon at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

The Bears improve to 8-3 on the year and 5-1 at home, while the Jumbos, who have competed in just two spring games so far, are now 1-1.

The double game secured the first point of the match. Junior Nora Lee and a sophomore Lindsey Hofflander won first doubles (6-3), while the juniors Ali Benedict and Olivia Mariotti took the second double (6-3).

Second year student Addison Ahlstrom opened singles play with a win at fourth singles (6-2, 6-3), while Benedetto won first singles (6-1, 7-5) and Hofflander clinched the match at sixth singles (6-4, 6-3, 6-3). Lee won at No. 5 singles (6-1, 6-1) for the final Bears point of the day.

– Today’s match was a challenging competitive experience for our team, the head coach said Lucie Schmidhauser. “Tufts is one of the top D3 teams in the country and they competed hard from the first point of the match. Our players stepped up under pressure and put away sets and matches with a gutsy play that we constantly emphasize in our practices. play.”

“There are definitely opportunities that need to be addressed moving forward and we’ll look at film to address those, but I’m pleased with the way our team continues to respond to uncomfortable situations.”

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Lee/Hofflander (brown) def. Cranley/Lim (Tufts) 6-3
Benedetto/Mariotti (brown) def. Wax/Kava (tufts) 6-3
Garrido/Suk (Tufts) def. Ahlstrom/Soliman (Brown) 6-3

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Ali Benedict (brown) def. Sophie Wax (Tufts) 6-1, 7-5
Rachel Cranley (Tufts) def. Olivia Mariotti (brown) 6³-7⁷6-4, 7⁷-6⁵

Lucy Mitchell (Tufts) def. Gabby Soliman (Brown) 7-6, 6-4
Addison Ahlstrom (brown) def. Rebecca Lim (Tufts) 6-2, 6-3
Nora Lee (brown) def. Maddie Suk (Tufts) 6-1, 6-1
Lindsey Hofflander (brown) def. Zoe Kava (Tufts) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

NEXT

Brown returns home Friday night to face Bryant at 4 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Pizzitola Sports Center.