Women’s Tennis Blanked by VCU
RICHMOND, Va. – The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team fell to VCU, 4-0, at the Thalhimer Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Rams got wins in the second and third doubles flights to take the early lead.
• The hosts collected three wins in singles play to finish off the match. Charlotte Kordonowy lost a first-set tiebreaker in the second flight but was leading the second set when play was halted.
HAWK TALK
"Today we played a very good VCU squad," head coach Jeff Puhan said. "We had some solid individual results in singles. Another test awaits tomorrow at Richmond."
UP NEXT
The Hawks remain in town to take on Richmond on Friday.
RESULTS
VCU 4, Saint Joseph's 0
1. Tania Isabel Andrade Sabano / Mariam Ibrahim (VCU) led Wiktoria Czerny / Victoria Tracey (SJU), 5-1, unfinished
2. Lea Malazdra / Sofia Jane Thorne (VCU) def. Charlotte Kordonowy / Brooke Tackett (SJU), 6-1
3. Yelizaveta Karlova / Andrea Magallanes (VCU) def. Addison Melfi / Claudia Perez-Garcia (SJU), 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 3
1. Thorne (VCU) led Czerny (SJU), 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
2. Ibrahim (VCU) led Kordonowy (SJU), 7-6 (5), 0-2 unfinished
3. Magallanes (VCU) def. Tracey (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
4. Malazdra (VCU) def. Melfi (SJU), 6-0, 6-1
5. Karlova (VCU) def. Gisele Tang (SJU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Sara Alba (VCU) led Tackett (SJU), 6-2, 4-2, unfinished
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 3
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