Women’s Tennis Falls at Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. – The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team fell to Richmond, 4-0, in its final road match of the season on Friday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Spiders took the doubles point via a sweep of all three flights.
• Claudia Perez-Garcia won the first set of her sixth-flight singles match, while Charlotte Kordonowy and Victoria Tracey were into the third set in the second and third flights, respectively, but the Spiders clinched the victory with wins on the other three courts.
HAWK TALK
"I was proud of the team today as we battled a top team in the Atlantic 10," head coach Jeff Puhan said. "We made good adjustments and pushed them on all the singles courts."
UP NEXT
The Hawks close out the regular season at home against Fordham on Saturday.
RESULTS
Richmond 4, Saint Joseph's 0
1. Lara Bakhaya / Andrea Campodonico (UR) def. Wiktoria Czerny / Victoria Tracey (SJU), 6-1
2. Sofia Barbulescu / Elizabeth Novak (UR) def. Charlotte Kordonowy / Brooke Tackett (SJU), 6-3
3. Claire Le Du / Lainey O'Neil (UR) def. Addison Melfi / Claudia Perez-Garcia (SJU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
1. Barbulescu (UR) def. Czerny (SJU), 6-1, 6-3
2. Bakhaya (UR) led Kordonowy (SJU), 2-6, 6-2, 1-0, unfinished
3. Le Du (UR) led Tracey (SJJU), 6-1, 5-7, 1-0, unfinished
4. O'Neil (UR) def. Melfi (SJU), 6-4, 6-1
5. Abby Lee (UR) def. Gisele Tang (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
6. Perez-Garcia (SJU) led Lucy Webber (UR), 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 5
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