HAMILTON – Cheyenne Brown (Dayton, New Jersey) led the Colgate women's tennis team with a pair of wins Saturday morning as the Raiders dominated in singles on their way to a 6-1 win against the Rochester Yellow Jackets in Sanford Fieldhouse.
Saturday marked the program's second annual Children's Heart Awareness match with the Raiders wearing red Colgate tennis t-shirts, as well as selling them throughout the match to raise money for the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong Hospital in Rochester.
Brown was the only Raider with a pair of wins as she teamed up with
Callie Bartimer for a win at No. 3 doubles before earning an 8-4 victory at No. 5 singles in a superset match over Yaya Wang. Bartimer's victory at No. 3 doubles was her second in a dual match this season.
The Raiders were narrowly defeated in doubles as the Yellow Jackets took wins at No. 1 and No. 2 after Brown and Bartimer earned the easy 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles.
Colgate bounced back in singles play with an inspired comeback to win all six singles matches.
MacKenzie Deeter (Wadsworth, Ohio) and
Lauren O'Brien (Leawood, Kansas) each picked up a 6-3, 6-2 straight set wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles to se the tone.
Kelly Klein (Ross, California) and
Jordan Williams (Fort Washington, Maryland) also earned straight set wins with Williams' 7-6, 7-5 win at No. 3 singles good for the match-clinching win.
Elinor Simek (Locust Valley, New York) also earned a victory for the Raiders at No. 6 singles to earn her second straight win.
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Garcia/Gudipudi (ROC) def. Deeter/Williams ('Gate): 7-5
No. 2 – Reinhart/Wolkoff (ROC) def. O'Brien/Klein ('Gate): 6-4
No. 3 – Brown/Bartimer ('Gate) def. Steinberg/Wang (ROC): 6-1
SINGLES
No. 1 – Deeter ('Gate) def. Garcia (ROC): 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – O'Brien ('Gate) def. Reinhart (ROC): 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 – Williams ('Gate) def. Gudipudi (ROC): 7-6, 7-5
No. 4 – Klein ('Gate) def. Wolkoff (ROC): 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 – Brown ('Gate) def. Wang (ROC): 8-4
No. 6 – Simek ('Gate) def. Steinberg (ROC): 10-1
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach
Bobby Pennington
"After dropping the doubles point, I can't be more proud of how the ladies bounced back in singles by sweeping all six matches. We now have some momentum going, winning two of our last three. Game ball goes to
Cheyenne Brown for winning both matches. The ladies played so hard for the cause today and we had a tremendous crowd. We look forward to Hofstra next week. #CliffStrong."
UP NEXT
Colgate women's tennis is home once again next Saturday at 10 a.m. as the Raiders host Hofstra. Saturday's match will be played at Drumlins Tennis Center in Syracuse.
