Box Score ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Carleton College women's tennis team improved to 2-0 on the season after registering a 9-0 victory over host Hamline University. A near sweep of the three doubles matches was almost matched by the Knights' spectacular play in singles action.
 
Carleton (2-0, 1-0 MIAC) lost only one total game during doubles.
 
Sophomores Ingrid Smith (Edina, Minn./Edina) and Amanda Black (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) picked up an 8-0 triumph in their first career match atop the lineup. Classmates Zoe Rose (Tacoma, Wash./Charles Wright Academy) and Piper Brown (Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Porter-Gaud) matched that score at the second slot. Seniors Alise Pedersen (San Anselmo, Calif./The Branson School) and Lingyu Wei (Shanghai, China/Shanghai Weiyu High School) added an 8-1 victory at No. 3 doubles.
 
In the six singles matches, Carleton dropped only six total games.
 
Smith secured a 6-0, 6-0 victory in her debut at No. 1 singles, while Pederson mirrored that result at the fifth slot. Black and Kathryn Burton (Jr./Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley) notched identical 6-0, 6-1 triumphs at the No. 2 and No. 6 slots, respectively.
 
Rose, who did not appear in a match during the 2021-22 regular season, improved to 2-0 this fall as she added a 6-1, 6-3 victory at the second spot.
 
Brown was leading her match at No. 4 singles before her opponent retired.
 
"I was proud of our performance today," said Burton. "The team brought the type of energy usually reserved for a five-year old after eating a bag of Halloween candy."
 
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton's next match will be another MIAC contest at Concordia College-Moorhead at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1. The Knights will wrap up the fall portion of their scheduled with a non-conference tilt the following day when Cardinal Stritch University visits the Pat Lamb Tennis Courts.