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August 22, 2007 - ITA Announces 2007 All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes The Caltech men's and women's tennis programs were selected by the ITA as All-Academic Teams for the 2007 season. In addition the Beavers had 9 tennis student-athletes recognized as scholar athletes: Pradeep Bugga, Heejae Kim, Lu Chen, Chen Yee Liaw, Diana Lin, Kelly Lin, Vivek Narsimhan, Eric Tai and Sarah Wadsworth. Congratulations to these scholar-athletes who have excelled both on and off the court. (click here for complete information) ****************************************** April 26, 2007 Freshman, Leslie Tong competes in the 107th Annual Ojai Tournament.  ****************************************** April 16, 2007 Sophomore, Chen Yee Liaw earns #4 Spot in Singles in ITA West Regional Ranking (more click here)  ***************************************************  Sophomore, Ellen Hsu (above) and Junior, Sarah Wadsworth (below) in recent action...  **************************************************** CALTECH SCHOOLS MILLS COLLEGE 8-1!  Chen Yee Liaw 3/03/07 Caltech surged ahead 3-0 after doubles on Saturday. Sarah Wadsworth and Ellen Hsu held off a come back from Mills College's #2 doubles team to close out the Pro Set 8-6. This was a great accomplishment for Sarah and Ellen and a sign of significant improvement. Mills College responded well in singles play and it looked like Caltech could loose the match with 4 players down significantly in the first set and 1 match on serve! But the Beavers showed tremendous courage to fight back. Leslie Tong began attacking serve and turned a 5-2 deficit into a set victory in a tiebreaker and eventually won the match in 3. Ellen Hsu also came back to win in 3 after losing the first set. Little Ms. Dependable at #6 was also down the first but held off a quick and steady Mill's opponent to win also in 3 sets. With (3) three set wins in singles and Chen Yee Liaw and Diana Lin winning comfortably the Beavers cinched the victory 8-1. The Beavers have a break from match play while they complete their final examinations and will be back in action against Hope International in Fullerton on Saturday, March 17th. **************************************************** THE BEAVERS ROLL THE REGALS TO GET THEIR FIRST SCIAC WIN OF THE SEASON! 2/17/07 On another blistering hot day in Pasadena, CA the Caltech Beavers turned in a gutsy performance to beat Cal Lutheran 6-3. The Beavers earned 2 decisive doubles points at the #2 and #3 positions. Teaming up for the first time were Diana Lin ( Huntington Beach, CA) and Chen Yee Liaw (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) at #2. Lin and Liaw were just too tough in their 8-2 win. Liaw skillfully put the ball away with pinpoint accuracy while Lin held her ground at net under a barrage of attempted passing shots. Also teaming up for the first time were Leslie Tong ( Ventura, CA) and Kelly Lin ( Alhambra, CA) who earned the Beavers second point with their 8-5 win. After going ahead 2-1 in doubles play, Chen Yee Liaw realized, "we are never in this position . . . we always trail (after doubles)." In singles competition Chen Yee Liaw at #1 performed another meticulous dissection of her opponent 6-1, 6-1. The next Techer off the court was Kelly Lin at #6 who earned a savvy win ousting her opponent 6-1, 6-4. This put the Beavers 4-1 up in the match and only needed 1 more point to win their first SCIAC win of the season. However, the Regal ’ s won the next 2 points as Diana Lin and Sarah Wadsworth ( Prescott, AZ) came up short. With the match score now at 4-3 Leslie Tong at #5 and Ellen Hsu at #3 matches became quite interesting. Tong won a close first set 6-4 with steady groundstroking and solid serving. Tong ’ s game went to another level in the second set and used sharp angles to dismantle her opponent ’ s game and win the second set 6-1. Tong earned the winning point for the Beavers, which took the pressure off Ellen Hsu ( Holmdel, NJ) who was in a grinder at the #3 spot. Hsu turned in the gutsiest performance of the day earning hard fought 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory. Hsu relied on patience and determination to put the icing on the cake on a delicious day. Post match the Beavers hit Lake Avenue ’ s Zono Sushi to celebrate their victory thanks to the Beaver ’ s SuperFan, Mae Tong! Next up for the Beavers is Biola University on Friday, February 23 followed by a SCIAC match against the University of Redlands Bulldogs on Saturday, February 24. ***************************************************** Caltech Women Open 2007 Campaign The Beavers lost a heartbreaker to The Masters College on Saturday, January 27th in their first outing of the season. Caltech went down 2-1 after the doubles matches. New Frosh sensation, Leslie Tong from Ventura, CA teamed up with Sophomore, Joy Sheng to get the Beavers rolling with a dominating 8-2 victory in the #3 spot. This was a nice start to both Sheng and Tong's first intercollegiate match.  Senior, Diana Lin teamed up with Senior, Kelly Lin who returned to the team from a 2 year hiatus. Lin squared fell to the Mustangs 8-2 at the #1 position. In the deciding doubles match at #2, Ellen Hsu and Sarah Wadsworth ran ahead 7-4 but the Beavers could not hold off the Mustang's gallant fight back and eventually fell 9-8 in a close tiebreaker. In singles play Caltech's Kelly Lin at #5 won convincingly 6-1, 6-1 and Sarah Wadsworth won a battle of perseverance 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 in a day where she played 3 tiebreakers. We are glad Sarah improved on her tie break record to clinch the last one! At the end of the day the Beavers went down to the Mustangs 6-3. The Beavers will face La Sierra University next Sunday, February 4th at 11:30AM at Caltech.  ***************************************************** April 25, 2006 - Chen Yee Liaw Named First Team All-SCIAC Being selected 1st Team All-SCIAC by the SCIAC Women's Tennis Coaches, freshman Chen Yee Liaw joins the select company of the top six players in the Conference for 2005-06. Head Coach Mandy Gamble acknowledged "Chen Yee is a major contributor to Caltech Women's Tennis this her first year, we look forward to having her in the program for three more seasons".
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