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by Paul Moser sports editor

Sophomore Carrie Smith never played anything but doubles in high school.

Smith never even cracked the starting singles lineup.

Since joining the Lady Cavs last year Smith has played No. 1 singles and bas raised her game to another level.

Monday, in the Cavaliers' loss to Widener, she beat her high school team captain and No. 1 singles player, junior Diep Pham, in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. Pham was a junior at Upper Perkiomen High school when Smith was a first-year student.

Smith said that before the match there was not much anticipation, but following her win it felt good to end up on the winning side.

According to Smith, it is equally gratifying for her to win this time around since the last time the two met, Smith lost in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.

"It feels awesome. When I get back to my room I'm going to call my mom and dad and then I'm going to call my high school coach," Smith said.

Unfortunately for Smith, the entire team did not do as well as she. The Lady Cavs lost by a score of 7-2 in a match filled with close games.

The Lady Cavs bad hoped to rebound from a 5-4 loss to Marywood this past Saturday but were overmatched by Widener. Things started off bad with three tough losses in doubles.

One of the heated doubles battles was by seniors Karin Letcher and Michelle McDevitt vs Widener's No. 3 doubles team.

Widener senior Allison Leach disputed a point which caused a stoppage of play.

Following the stoppage Letcher and McDevitt went from leading 3-0 to losing 8-6.

Letcher then bounced back for the teams' only other win at fifth singles, winning her match 6-1, 4-6 ,7-6 (10-8).

According to coach Reggie Day, the Lady Cavs need to win the rest of their PAC games and get some help from other teams to challenge for the PAC championships.