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Brown University
Gonzaga
Women's Tennis Outlasted by Gonzaga, 4-2
1/28/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Brown women's tennis team closed out competition at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, hosted by Michigan, at the Varsity Tennis Center on Sunday with a tough 4-2 defeat to Gonzaga.
No. 53 Haruna Tsuruta and Alex Bourguignon won the first doubles match of the day over a team of sophomore Juliana Simon (Los Angeles, Calif.) and freshman Semi Oloko (Canton, Mass.), 6-3. The Bulldogs next claimed the point with a 6-4 win in second doubles.
Sophomore Devon Jack (San Marino, Calif.) evened the match, 1-1, with an upset victory over No. 103 Nevada Apollo, 7-6, 6-2 in third singles. Senior Maddie Stearns (Short Hills, N.J.) gave the Bears a 2-1 advantage when she won in second singles, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Sophie Whittle tied the match for Gonzaga with a 6-4, 6-2 victory in first singles. The Bulldogs next won sixth singles, coming from behind, and stole the match with a fifth singles win.
The Bears next host UMass on Friday, Feb. 2 in a 3:30 p.m. match.
Results
Doubles
1. Whittle/Rosas (G) vs. Benotto/ Jack, 5-4 abandoned
2. Ketels/Garley (G) def. Stearns/Cosme, 6-4
3. No. 53 Bourguignon/Tsuruta (G) def. Simon/Oloko, 6-3
Singles
1. Whittle (G) def. Benotto, 6-4, 6-2
2. Stearns (B) def. Rosas, 7-6 (4), 6-3
3. Jack (B) def. No. 103 Apollo, 7-5, 6-2
4. Cosme (B) vs. Tsuruta, 4-6, 6-3, 3-2 abandoned
5. Garley (G) def. Simon, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
6. Ketels (G) def. Ta, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
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