University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Drop Match to Dartmouth
2/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Minneapolis, Minn. ââ'¬" The No. 4 seed University of Minnesota fell in their first match of the Courtside Classic to Dartmouth, the No. 1 seed, Saturday afternoon at Baseline Tennis Center.
Doubles
Annemarie Emme and Camila Vargas Gomez kicked things off with a quick victory over Dartmouth's Lexxi Kiven and Jacqueline Crawford, winning 6-1. Caroline Ryba and Cammy Frei also pulled out the win over Julia Schroeder and Racquel Lyn, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point.
Mehvish Safdar and Caitlyn Merzbacher finished out their match, dropping to Taylor Ng and Kristina Mathis, 7-5.
Singles
The singles portion of the match opened with Barbara Mancera dropping two sets against at the No. 3 spot to the Big Green's Mathis, 6-4, 6-3.
At the No. 1 spot, Ryba topped No. 124 Ng, 7-5, 6-2, picking up the first Gophers single point. Safdar was topped by No. 104 Lyn at the No. 6 spot, 7-5, 6-4, tying up the match at a pair of points each.
Vargas Gomez swept her third set over Dartmouth's Allison McCann at the No. 6 spot, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. Schroeder pulled out a close win over Emme at the No. 4 spot, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, once again tying the match up.
The match was left up to Tina Kreinis and Crawford at the No. 2 spot. With split sets, it came down to the final set of the final match. As both became tired, Crawford was able to overpower Kreinis, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), and win the match for Dartmouth.
Up Next: Maroon and Gold will battle DePaul for 3rd place at 9 a.m. to close the Courtside Classic tomorrow. You can follow all of the action this year on the Minnesota Women's Tennis Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Dartmouth 4, Minnesota 3
Singles Competition
1. Caroline Ryba (MINN) def. No. 124 Taylor Ng (DART) 7-5, 6-2
2. Jacqueline Crawford (DART) def. Tina Kreinis (MINN) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
3. Kristina Mathis (DART) def. Barbara Mancera (MINN) 6-4, 6-3
4. Julia Schroeder (DART) def. Annemarie Emme (MINN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. No. 104 Racquel Lyn (DART) def. Mehvish Safdar (MINN) 7-5, 6-4
6. Camila Vargas Gomez (MINN) def. Allison McCann (DART) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
Doubles Competition
1. Taylor Ng/Kristina Mathis (DART) def. Mehvish Safdar/Caitlyn Merzbacher (MINN) 7-5
2. Caroline Ryba/Cammy Frei (MINN) def. Julia Schroeder/Racquel Lyn (DART) 6-4.
3. Annemarie Emme/Camila Vargas Gomez (MINN) def. Lexxi Kiven/Jacqueline Crawford (DART) 6-1
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1), Singles (3,1,5,6,4,2)
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