Orange County, CA—
Principia's #1 doubles duo,
Paige Cooley and
Caitlin Carney, started the day with an 8-4 win over Chapman's #1 team. The team hit strong returns and both held their serves to complete their win. The #2 doubles team,
Hallie Jones and
Gracie Buchanan, struggled to hold their serves and get their returns in and were unable to secure a game. The #3 team,
Anh Vu and
Nathalie DeLoach, started out strong and held a lead but the opponents closed the net and were able to put away the high balls.
In singles, the highlight was #5 singles,
Anh Vu, who played a strong baseline game and didn't make any errors.
Hallie Jones, #6 singles, lost the first set by a one-sided score of 6-0. She then started to close the net and finished off many points with overheads. She played a strong set but lost 7-5, in a good comeback.
Caitlin Carney, #3 singles, was down 5-2 in the first set and played well to level the match at 5-5, but she was not able to hold serve and lost the set 7-5.
The panther's play their next match at California Institute of Technology on Thursday March 23
rd at 11 AM. Come out to support the team.
The complete match scores are below.
Principia 2 -- Chapman 7
