University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Tennis Shows Solid Doubles, But Falls To Penn 5-2
03/01/2015 | Women's Tennis
Philadelphia, Pa. The Richmond Spiders' women's tennis team battled with the Penn Quakers on a cold Sunday afternoon before ultimately falling, 5-2, at the Hecht Tennis Center. The Spiders stole the doubles point from Penn, serving as the Quakers' first double loss this season.
"Solid doubles and great pressure matches" says head coach Mark Wesselink. Penn holds a 5-4 record over Richmond at home prior to this event.
Brittany Boys and Katya Salas, along with Emily Gitman and Gaby Rosales handed the Penn Quakers their first doubles loss of the spring with 6-4 victories in both contests.
Penn 5, Richmond 2
Doubles
1. Eskenazi/Latycheva (P) def. Morales/Kandinata (R); 6-2
2. Salas/Boys (R) def. Daniel/Vaidya (P); 6-4
3. Gitman/Rosales (R) def. Ion/Qostal (P); 6-4
Singles
1. Eskenazi (P) def. Morales (R); 6-1, 6-4
2. Rosales (R) def. Daniel (P); 7-5, 6-2
3. Vaidya (P) def. Kandinata (R); 6-2, 6-2
4. Qostal (P) def. Boys (R); 7-6(5), 7-5
5. Vazhenina (P) def. Salas (R); 7-6(11), 6-3
6. Ion (P) def. Williams (R); 6-7(6), 6-4, 10-3
Order of Finish
Doubles - 1, 2, 3
Singles - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Next the Spiders will come home to take on Radford Monday March 2nd at 2 pm and Norfolk State Tuesday March 3rd at 2:30 pm.
