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In California, Women's Tennis Splits Opening Matches

The Crimson picked up right where it left off prior to the break Tuesday night at Matador Tennis Complex. Harvard took two out of the three doubles matches to earn a point before running away with the contest in singles play.

The pairing of He and Amanda Lin opened the match with an 8-5 victory over Lorraine Cheung and Scout Shutter at the third doubles position. The Matadors, however, came right back, evening the score with an 8-5 win of their own from Mickey Hsu and Kristen Poei against Lee and Morrill.

But in the end, the doubles point went to the Crimson. At the first position, Liang and Monica Lin squeezed past Vivian Lin and Criss Rodriguez, 8-7, to give Harvard an early advantage.

“[CSNU] came out playing pretty strong doubles,” Lee said. “My partner and I lost, but our first position and third position doubles really picked it up.”

In singles action, the match of the afternoon was held on Court One between Liang and Vivian Lin. After dropping the opening set, Liang came back to win the second and then outlasted her opponent in a tiebreak to earn the victory, 5-7, 7-5, 10-8.

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Beyond the first court, every other match concluded in just two sets. At second and third singles, Monica Lin and Lee notched wins 6-4, 6-2, and 6-2, 6-4, respectively. He also defeated Poei, 6-0, 6-3, and Lin overcame Jessica Warren, 6-4, 6-1.

The lone point of the day for Cal State was earned by freshman Scout Shutter, who achieved a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the fifth singles position.

—Staff writer Jake T. Meagher can be reached at jmeagher@college.harvard.edu.

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