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Women's Tennis Cruises Past Navy Saturday
02/01/2015 | Women's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond women's tennis team cruised past Navy, 5-2, Saturday evening at the Country Club of Virginia. The Spiders secured four singles matches for the victory.
“I was very happy with our doubles today,” commented Richmond head coach Mark Wesselink. “We are being aggressive and dominated many matches. We have lost to Navy for the past three years and I feel like a 5-2 victory is a good barometer for where our team is right now. We are a solid team and much improved. We have some work to do, but right now I am very happy with our progress.
Richmond (1-1) picked up its first spring victory when it secured the win against the United States Naval Academy (2-2).
The Spiders got off to a strong start as it blanked the Midshipmen in doubles competition. The top duo of Anna Abadias Morales and Melissa Kandinata highlighted doubles with an 8-0 win at the top spot.
Brittany Boys and Katya Salas paired up for a 8-4 win on court two, while Emily Gitman and Gaby Rosales an 8-3 win on court three.
Richmond kept the momentum going in singles taking four matches. Abadias Morales battled on court one for a 6-3, 1-6 (14-12) victory over Navy's top player, Sam Droop.
Kandinata, Rosales and Kelsey Williams picked up the following wins to secure the victory for the Spiders. Williams took a 7-5, 6-1 win over Claudia Mackenzie on court six.
The Spiders will return to the court Friday, Feb. 6 when it hosts Bucknell at 4 p.m. at the Midlothian Athletic Club.
Richmond 5, Navy 2
Friday, Jan 31 (Country Club of Virginia)
Doubles Competition
No. 1 Melissa Kandinata / Anna Abadias Morales (R) def. Sam Droop / Katie Porter (N), 8-0
No. 2 Brittany Boys / Katya Salas (R) def. Logan Antill / Allie Pavlansky (N), 8-4
No. 3 Emily Gitman / Gaby Rosales (R) def. Kristine Rojo / Claudia Mackenzie, 8-3
Singles Competition
No. 1 Anna Abadias Morales (R) def. Sam Droop (N), 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (14-12)
No. 2 Melissa Kandinata (R) def. Logan Antill (N), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Gaby Rosales (R) def. Audrey Channell (N), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 Allie Pavlansky (N) def. Brittany Boys (R), 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Kristine Rojo (N) def. Katya Salas (R), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Kelsey Williams (R) def. Claudia Mackenzie (N), 7-5, 6-1
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