University of Richmond
Xavier
Women's Tennis Rolls Past Xavier, 7-0
03/20/2009 | Women's Tennis
March 20, 2009
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. -
The women's tennis team (11-3) rolled past Xavier, 7-0 Friday afternoon in Richmond. The Spiders face East Carolina Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.
Richmond put on a dominating performance in doubles play, with No. 1 Pamela Duran/Erin Clark def. Kelsey Kinnard/Tiffany Treece, 8-2 while No. 2 Ashlee Vosters/Kelly Tidwell def. Kara Courtney/Kaitlyn Zinn, 8-1. No. 3 Helen Cunningham/Isabel Arana completed the sweep, defeating Jill Ducro/Christie Pleiman 8-2.
Singles play was no different with a complete sweep for the Spiders at spots 1-6. The Spiders have won 5 of their last seven matches.
"I'm proud of our performance today," said head coach Mark Wesselink. "We will take this momentum into our match with East Carolina next week."
Richmond 7, Xavier 0
Doubles
No. 1 Duran/Clark (UR) def. Kinnard/Treece (XU) 8-2
No. 2 Vosters/Tidwell (UR) def. Courtney/Zinn (XU) 8-1
No. 3 Cunningham/Arana (UR) def. Ducro/Pleiman (XU) 8-2
Singles
No.1 Duran (UR) def. Courtney (XU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 Clark (UR) def. Treece (XU) 3-6, 6-3 (3)
No. 3 Tidwell (UR) def. Kinnard (XU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Cunningham (UR) def. Feider (XU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5. Matuszczyk (UR) def. Zinn (XU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 6. Schneider (UR) def. Ducro (XU) 6-2, 4-6 (10-6)
