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women's doubles team of sophomore Liza Southwick and
first-year Marie Lutz were eliminated from the main draw in the
quarterfinals of the UTSA/Intercollegiate Tennis Association
National Small College Championships on Thursday.
Southwick and Lutz lost a 1-6, 7-6 (9-7), 1-0 (10-2,
tiebreaker instead of third set) battle to third seeds Megan Tang
and Ariana Iranpour of the University of Chicago.
But the Trinity duo later beat Laila El Dessouki
and Carmen Lai of New York University 6-2, 6-3 in the consolation
semifinals. Southwick and Lutz will vie for fifth place against No.
4 Katarina Su and Anna Fuhr of Emory University at 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Friday.
Southwick and Lutz earned a trip to the National
Small College Championships by winning the Regional doubles title
last month at the Butch Newman Tennis Center.