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Box Score 2 The College of Wooster women's tennis team hosted the Wooster Invitational this weekend, joining Oberlin College, Otterbein University and Ursuline College in competition.
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All teams got a full day of play in on Sunday after rain kept players off the courts for most of the day on Saturday.
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Wooster opened doubles competition with three matches and three wins against Ursuline.
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Sasha Riley andÂ
Lauren Richmond teamed, as didÂ
Elizabeth Meiners andÂ
Cameron Carlson to take 6-1 wins, whileÂ
Kamila Kadirova andÂ
Saule Kupcinskaite won 6-2 against their Ursuline counterparts.
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The teams mixed up in matchups against Oberlin. Meiners and Riley fell 6-4 to first-yearsÂ
Anastasia Cheng andÂ
Arina Kuzmina.Â
Jade Adkins and Kadirova teamed in a 6-3 loss, and Richmond and Carlson fell 6-1.
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Finally, Wooster played Otterbein to wrap doubles play. Meiners and Riley got their first win together, defeatingÂ
Niya BellandÂ
Avi Gullion, 6-4.
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Richmond and Adkins fell just short in a 7-6 (3) result, while newcomers Carlson and Kupcinskaite lost 6-0 toÂ
Julia Carpenco andÂ
Brooklyn Murlin.
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Moving to singles play, Wooster had plenty of success again against Ursuline, winning seven matches and losing just eight games altogether.
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Meiners and Kupcinskaite each claimed 6-0, 6-0 wins. Richmond took a 6-1, 6-0 win, and Kadirova won in a similar fashion, 6-0, 6-1.
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Riley and Adkins each won by 6-2, 6-0 scores, while Carlson won 6-0, 6-2.
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Finally, Wooster had a set of singles matches against Otterbein.
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Meiners and Riley took wins. Meiners won after a retirement at 2-1, and Riley defeatedÂ
Molly Jones, 6-1.
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Richmond and Adkins were each on the wrong end of a third set tiebreaker with Richmond falling 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (5), and Adkins losing 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (8).
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Kadirova took a 6-4 loss, Kupcinskaite fell 6-2, and Carlson lost 6-0.
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Elsewhere, Meiners defeated Oberlin'sÂ
Hannah Soong 6-0, and Kupcinskaite fell 6-2 to Otterbein's Carpenco.
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Next, the Scots will travel to Oberlin to take part in their invitational Sept. 19-20.