ORANGE, Calif. – The women's tennis team picked up its second win of the season with a 5-4 win over Caltech on Friday but fell 9-0 to No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday. Senior Andrea Hammer led the win over Caltech with a win at the top singles and doubles spot.

Hammer teamed up with junior Madeline Saunders to pick up an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles over Caltech. Caltech's No. 2 doubles team edged out Chapman's duo in a tiebreak to even the match. Chapman took the No. 3 win by forfeit for a 2-1 advantage heading into singles.

Hammer won a decisive 6-1, 6-0 match in the top singles match to put the Panthers to points away from the team win. With a Caltech forfeit at No. 6, the Panthers needed just one more singles win and got it from freshman Thimanthi Withana at No. 5. She battled to a 6-2, 6-3 win to secure the Panther win.

The win was Withana's second of the season in singles while Hammer improved to 3-2 in SCIAC matches.

The Panthers ran into a tough matchup with nationally-ranked CMS. The Athenas took a pair of doubles matches 8-0 and then took all six singles matches in straight sets to get the sweep.

The Panthers head to Ojai this weekend for the annual Ojai Tournament.

by Steven Olveda
Sports Information Director

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