University of Richmond
West Virginia
Richmond Blanks West Virginia, 7-0
03/25/2001 | Women's Tennis
March 25, 2001
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. -- The University of Richmond women's tennis team swept six singles matches and claimed the doubles point to notch a 7-0 victory over West Virginia this afternoon on the campus of the University of Richmond.
At No. 1 singles, Spider freshman Jeannette Cluskey (Minneapolis, Minn./Edna) lost the first set, 3-6 to Ellie Earles, but responded to post a 7-5 win in the second set before sealing the victory, 10-3 in the tiebreaker. Richmond sophomore Jodi Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) registered a straight sets winner (6-4, 6-2) at the number two spot over Helen Adams while Vanessa Bagnato (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) bested Courtney Howell at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-3.
Monika Peets (Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn Science School) and Casey Cohen (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./The Bolles School) were straight sets victors at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, respectively. Freshman Patty Devlin (York, Pa./York Suburban) completed the singles' whitewash with a 4-6, 7-5 (10-8) triumph at six singles.
Richmond swept all three doubles matches. Cluskey teamed with Kenoyer to garner an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles while Devlin and Michele Koclanes (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) were 8-5 winners at the third spot. At two doubles, Bagnato and Peetes battled back to post a 9-8 victory over Howell and Underwood
Richmond (4-8, 0-1 CAA) next plays at the CAA foe Old Dominion on Tueday, March 27 at 2 p.m.
Singles
No. 1 Jeannette Cluskey (UR) def. Ellie Earles (WVU), 3-6, 7-5 (10-3)
No. 2 Jodi Kenoyer (UR) def. Helen Adams (WVU), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Vanessa Bagnato (UR) def. Courtney Howell (WVU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Monika Peets (UR) def. Anna Underwood (WVU), 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 Casey Cohen (UR) def. Jennifer Watkins (WVU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Patty Devlin (UR) def. Emma Jeremiejczyk (WVU), 4-6, 7-5 (10-8)
Doubles
No. 1 Cluskey/Kenoyer (UR) def. Earles/Adams (WVU), 8-3
No. 2 Kenoyer/ Peets (UR) def. Howell/Underwood (WVU), 9-8 (4)
No. 3 Devlin/Koclanes (UR) def. Watkins/Maia Binder (WVU), 8-5
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