University of Richmond
William & Mary
Wo Men's Tennis Kicks Off Spring At William & Mary
01/18/2015 | Women's Tennis
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Richmond women's tennis team kicked off the spring at the William & Mary Tribe Saturday afternoon at the McCormack-Naglesen Tennis Center. The Spiders fell, 6-1, after taking the doubles point.
“Our doubles teams just keep getting better,” commented Richmond head coach Mark Wesselink. “They are anticipating each other's shots and getting much more aggressive. I liked our fight in singles against what will be a nationally ranked team, but we are not near our potential yet.”
The Spiders got off to a strong start as the duos of Anna Abadias Morales and Melissa Kandinata took a 7-5 victory over the Tribe's top doubles team. Then at the No. 2 spot, Brittany Boys and Katya Salas secured the doubles point with a 6-3 win over Roy/Casselbury.
William & Mary secured the victory as it took all six singles matches. Freshman Gaby Rosales was the only Spider to take a Tribe to a third set as she fell to Olivia Thaler, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on court four.
Richmond will return home Saturday, Jan. 31 to host Navy at 5 p.m.
William and Mary 6, Richmond 1
Singles
No. 1 –Leeza Nemchinov (W&M) def. Anna Abadias Morales (UR) – 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 - #80 Jeltje Loomans (W&M) def. Brittany Boys (UR) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 – Melanie Roy (W&M) def. Melissa Kanbinata (UR) – 6-1, 7-5
No. 4 – Olivia Thaler (W&M) def. Gaby Rosalas (UR) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 5 – Maria Groener (W&M) def. Katya Salas (UR) – 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 – Cecily Wuenscher (W&M) def. Kelsey Williams (UR) – 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 – Abadias/Kandinata (UR) def. Loomans/Nemchinov (W&M) – 7-5
No. 2 – Boys/Salas (UR) def. Roy/Casselbury (W&M) – 6-3
No. 3 – Groener/Thaler (W&M) def. Rosalas/Gitman (UR) – 6-3
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