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TENNIS: Gallegos, Katz reach semifinals at season-ending tournament
by Ian Cutler
Sports Editor
Sports | 10/23/07
Posted online at 11:35 PM EST on 10/22/07
/ Last updated at 3:10 PM EST on 10/22/07
The top of the women's tennis team's lineup, led by rookie sensation Rachel Rosman '11, had carried the team throughout the fall, but in the season-ending New England Intercollegiate Women's Tennis Tournament, it was the bottom of the lineup that performed the best.
The Judges sent two players to the semifinals of the tournament, as No. 5 singles player Mackenzie Gallegos '11 and No. 6 singles player Ana Katz '08 each finished just two victories away from winning their respected brackets.
While Rosman had emerged at the top of the lineup, Gallegos, a fellow rookie, entered the tournament undefeated in singles play this fall. She continued her streak with victories in the first three rounds of the No. 5 singles bracket, including a quarterfinal 6-1, 7-6(3) upset of fourth-seeded Wellesley College sophomore Mohona Siddique.
"[Gallegos] played a really good match against the [fourth] seed," coach Ben Lamanna said.
"She was finally tested against a real good player, and she was solid."
Gallegos finally lost her first match of the fall in the semifinals to Amherst College rookie Carlissa King 7-5, 6-1.
Katz reached the semifinals of the No. 6 singles bracket by pulling off a three-set, come-from-behind victory in her quarterfinal match.
After defeating Bates College senior Liz Flemming 7-6(4) 6-2 in the second round, Katz lost the first set against Trinity College sophomore Olivia Merns in the quarterfinals, but rallied to win 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(4).
Katz eventually fell 6-3 6-3 in the semifinals to Williams College senior Annie Schneidman.
Rosman easily won her first two matches, losing only one game combined to reach the quarterfinals of the No. 1 singles bracket.
There, she met Massachusetts Institute of Technology sophomore Leslie Hanson, who had defeated Rosman 6-0, 7-5 as part of a 6-3 MIT victory Oct. 9.
This match provided more of the same, as Hanson won the quarterfinal contest 6-1, 7-6(6).
The Judges sent two players to the semifinals of the tournament, as No. 5 singles player Mackenzie Gallegos '11 and No. 6 singles player Ana Katz '08 each finished just two victories away from winning their respected brackets.
While Rosman had emerged at the top of the lineup, Gallegos, a fellow rookie, entered the tournament undefeated in singles play this fall. She continued her streak with victories in the first three rounds of the No. 5 singles bracket, including a quarterfinal 6-1, 7-6(3) upset of fourth-seeded Wellesley College sophomore Mohona Siddique.
"[Gallegos] played a really good match against the [fourth] seed," coach Ben Lamanna said.
"She was finally tested against a real good player, and she was solid."
Gallegos finally lost her first match of the fall in the semifinals to Amherst College rookie Carlissa King 7-5, 6-1.
Katz reached the semifinals of the No. 6 singles bracket by pulling off a three-set, come-from-behind victory in her quarterfinal match.
After defeating Bates College senior Liz Flemming 7-6(4) 6-2 in the second round, Katz lost the first set against Trinity College sophomore Olivia Merns in the quarterfinals, but rallied to win 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(4).
Katz eventually fell 6-3 6-3 in the semifinals to Williams College senior Annie Schneidman.
Rosman easily won her first two matches, losing only one game combined to reach the quarterfinals of the No. 1 singles bracket.
There, she met Massachusetts Institute of Technology sophomore Leslie Hanson, who had defeated Rosman 6-0, 7-5 as part of a 6-3 MIT victory Oct. 9.
This match provided more of the same, as Hanson won the quarterfinal contest 6-1, 7-6(6).
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