Results
WHITEWATER, Wis. - Doubles was the name of the game for the Grinnell College women's tennis team as the Pioneers raced to a high team finish at the highly-competitive Warhawk Invitational Saturday.Â
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The Pioneers placed second of eight teams at the event hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and won two of the three doubles divisions. Grinnell finished with 43 points, placing only behind the host school's total of 47.Â
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Giannakou and Martin blanked their foe from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 8-0 in the first round, won 8-2 over a squad from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in the semifinals and then topped the second seed from UW-Whitewater 8-4 in the final.Â
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At No. 3, Jarvis and Martin won 8-1 over the team from UW-Eau Claire and 8-3 over a squad from UW-Whitewater before beating the top-seeded duo, also from UW-Whitewater, 8-2.Â
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Grinnell had two singles runners-up, Sabrina Tang '23 at No. 1 and
Sydney Marin '25 at No. 3. The second-seeded Tang beat foes from Carthage 6-1, 6-1 and UW-Whitewater 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 before losing to the top seed from UW-La Crosse 7-5, 7-6 in the title match.Â
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Marin, also seeded second, posted wins of 6-0, 6-1 over a player from Augustana and 6-3,
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