honoree<\/a> Ayanna Varma \u201929 did not play a singles match due to illness, she competed as part of the No. 3 doubles team with Mia Thomann \u201926. Due to weather conditions, the duo attempted to stick to tennis fundamentals and focus on minimizing errors. \u201cIt was a little windy so we played a high percentage of balls in the court,\u201d Varma wrote to the Record.<\/p>\nThe Ephs won the doubles point with 6-1 and 6-0 victories in the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spots, respectively.<\/p>\n
In the postseason, once the overall team doubles point is decided by a best-of-three win, any doubles matches still ongoing cease play. As such, the No. 1 doubles team of Julia Zhang \u201927 and Ahn Lin \u201927 team left their match unfinished following the victories from the No. 2 and No. 3 teams. The Ephs then secured the overall win with singles victories from co-captain Jane Ladaga \u201926, Lin, and Ellie Stark \u201928, who each dropped only one game across both their sets.<\/p>\n
The Ephs faced the Polar Bears indoors due to rain on Saturday, falling 4-0 in the second round of the tournament. The Ephs struggled early in the day, with their No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams losing 6-0 and 6-3, respectively, to give the Polar Bears the doubles point. Though their singles matches lasted over an hour, Thomann, Zhang, and Ladaga each fell in straight sets, sealing the team\u2019s defeat. Playing in the No. 2 singles spot, Varma had lost her first set 7-6, but was leading the second set 4-1 when the contest ended.<\/p>\n
Despite the results, Varma reflected on the positive takeaways from Saturday. \u201cI thought it was a strong doubles performance from us too, and I think we challenged them well,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMy singles was a battle \u2014 I thought the indoor courts really suited my gamestyle for that matchup and I felt that I competed to the best of my ability.\u201d<\/p>\n
The loss marked the end of their season, and the Ephs looked back on their performance with pride.<\/p>\n
Ladaga pointed to the satisfaction of making it to the second round of NCAAs after falling short of the tournament in the previous year. \u201cThis year, we were able to win our first round and were able to put our name onto the tournament bracket, which was a fun new experience for us,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
As a senior leaving the program, Ladaga hopes her teammates can build off of her experiences. \u201cI just really wanted to pour all my knowledge and things that I\u2019ve learned throughout the four years I\u2019ve been here onto the underclassmen,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Wu highlighted the seniors\u2019 outsized role on the team. \u201cYou don\u2019t really realize how much goes on behind the scenes in terms of what the captains and seniors do with the coaches,\u201d she said. \u201cWithout them, I think it would be very hard to get on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking towards next season, Wu intends to replicate the welcoming environment she felt this year for the incoming first-years. \u201cI want to help the freshmen be a part of that family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s tennis fell to Bowdoin 4-0 in the NCAA tournament. (Photo courtesy of Sydney Ciardi.) No. 22 women\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-666248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Women\u2019s tennis fell to Bowdoin 4-0 in the NCAA tournament. (Photo courtesy of Sydney Ciardi.)<\/p>\n