Tigers Fall to Sewanee, 5-1

Atlanta, Ga. - In a matchup of top 15 teams, the 15th-ranked Tigers lost to 10th-ranked Sewanee, 5-1 as part of the Fab 5 Tournament. DePauw dropped to 6-6, while Sewanee improved to 11-5.

The Tigers' lone point came in doubles as the number-two duo of Alyssa Senevirante and Ali Bush topped Bea Benavides and Sara Thompson 9-8 (7-3). Sewanee's number-one team of Lindsey Liles and Clementina Davila defeated DePauw's Maddie Lee and Gretchen Wilder, 8-2, while the third tandem of Annie Veron and Maggie Crumbliss were 8-5 winners over DePauw's Colleen Morris and Megan Galle.

In singles play, Liles was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Lee at the number-one spot with Christina Merchant taking a 6-0, 6-2 win over Wilder at number three and Crumbliss topping Morris by a 6-0, 6-4 score at fourth singles.

DePauw faces fourth-ranked Emory tomorrow at 9 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Ali Bush: Freshman; I knew that I wanted to go to a small, liberal arts school where I could play tennis. When I visited DePauw, I fell in love with the campus, educational opportunities, the tennis team/program, and the atmosphere throughout the student body. I knew that I would be happiest if I spent my next 4 years at DePauw.

Megan Galle: Freshman; I love playing tennis and basketball and enjoy watching other sports as well. I also love music and have played the piano since I was in kindergarten. I enjoy water skiing, wakeboarding, snow skiing, hiking, spending time outside and being with my family and friends.

Maddie Lee: Junior

Colleen Morris: Freshman; I chose DePauw because of the wonderful academics, beautiful campus and great tennis team!

Gretchen Wilder: Junior

Players Mentioned

Ali Bush
: Freshman; I knew that I wanted to go to a small, liberal arts school where I could play tennis. When I visited DePauw, I fell in love with the campus, educational opportunities, the tennis team/program, and the atmosphere throughout the student body. I knew that I would be happiest if I spent my next 4 years at DePauw.

Megan Galle
: Freshman; I love playing tennis and basketball and enjoy watching other sports as well. I also love music and have played the piano since I was in kindergarten. I enjoy water skiing, wakeboarding, snow skiing, hiking, spending time outside and being with my family and friends.

Maddie Lee
: Junior

Colleen Morris
: Freshman; I chose DePauw because of the wonderful academics, beautiful campus and great tennis team!

Gretchen Wilder
: Junior