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Richmond Takes Third At A-10's
04/21/2008 | Women's Tennis
April 21, 2008
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Richmond women's tennis team beat No. 1 UMass, 4-0, to take home third place at the 2008 Atlantic 10 Championships. After taking the top crown the past four years, Temple ended the Spiders' title run in the semi-final match over the weekend.
The third-seed Spiders dominated UMass in the consolation match to earn third-place. Xenia Schneider and freshman Isabel Arana all earned wins in singles action to give Richmond three of its four match points.
In doubles play, Xenia Schneider also took down a Minutewomen duo in the no. 2 position to record Richmond's fourth point.
#3 Richmond 4, #1 Massachusetts 0
Doubles
1. Pamela Duran/Ashlee Vosters (UR) def. Masha Pozar/Candynce Boney (UM) - 8-4
2. Erin Clark/Xenia Schneider (UR) def. Kristin DiPiero/Tanisha Hodgson (UM) - 8-3
3. Maude Lecluyse/Laura Danai (UM) vs. Kelly Tidwell/Jelena Zivanovic (UR) - 6-5 (DNF)
Singles
1. Duran (UR) vs. Pozar (UM) - 6-1, 6-6 (DNF)
2. Clark (UR) vs. Boney (UM) - 6-2, 5-1 (DNF)
3. Kaitlyn Carpenter (UM) vs. Vosters (UR) - 7-5, 2-1 (DNF)
4. Tidwell (UR) def. Hodgson (UM) - 6-4, 6-3
5. Schneider (UR) def. Lecluyse (UM) - 6-3, 7-5
6. Isabel Arana (UR) def. Danai (UM) - 6-4, 6-3
