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No.8 Redlands Women's Tennis Advances to Third Round of the NCAA Championships

Earlier today, the No. 8 University of Redlands women’s tennis team dominated No. 24 Chapman University in the second round of the NCAA Championships at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges.  Competing in their ninth postseason appearance in ten years, the Bulldogs cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Panthers with solid play at every spot.

In doubles, Redlands captured 8-2 showings at No. 2 and No. 3, while the No. 1 duo of juniors Paige Sumida (Hilo, HI) and Whitney Waters (Austin, TX) came away with an 8-4 win.

Redlands continued to control the match in singles, as sophomore Sara Yoshinaga (Honolulu, HI) made quick work of her No. 4 opponent, 6-4, 6-1. Freshman Kristen Hunnicutt (Ahwatukee, AZ) also captured an impressive 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 6, earning the victory for the Bulldogs.

With the match decided at 5-0, the remaining singles matches did not finish.

The Bulldogs (17-6) look forward to facing familiar foe Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (18-4) in tomorrow’s third-round match at 12 noon. The Sagehens defeated the University of Texas – Tyler by a score of 5-0 in their match earlier today.

Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer have split matches this season, with the Bulldogs winning the most recent one by a score of 5-4.