Richmond Rolls Towson, 6-1

Saturday, February 16

Towson, MD

7:30PM

University of Richmond

Towson

02/16/2019 | Women's Tennis

Head Coach Mark Wesselink Earns Career-Win No. 400

TOWSON, Md. – The University of Richmond women's tennis team bounced back from a tough loss and earned a convincing 6-1 win on the road at Towson Saturday night at the Coppermine Racquet & Fitness club.

Richmond won the doubles point to go ahead 1-0 in the match. All three doubles matches were close as Lea Owens (Olney, Md.) and Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles against Lucy Gloninger and Themis Haliou.

Junior Kiana Marshall (Bridgetown, Barbados) and sophomore Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) lost a close match to Alexa Martinez and Jane Shusterman, 6-4.

In the deciding doubles match, Lyndell Giffenig (Salisbury, Conn.) and Ana Ramirez (Mexico City, Mexico) won 6-4 against Jessica Assenmacher and Phoebe Collins at No. 3 doubles.

In singles action, the Spiders came out and won four matches in the third set. Towson earned their lone win at No. 6 singles as Collins won in straight sets against Giffenig, 6-2, 6-2.

At. No. 5 singles, Heiberg won in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5 against Claire Bedi. Dunbar outlasted Martinez, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, at No. 1 singles.

Marshall and Zlateva both earned comeback wins in their matches. Zlateva dropped the first set 4-6 against Lawson and won the second set 6-0 before winning the third 6-3.

Owens picked up the sixth point for Richmond with a win against Gloninger, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 4 singles.

Richmond returns home for the next four matches, including its home opener against Elon on Friday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. at the Westhampton tennis courts.

Richmond 6, Towson 1
Singles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar defeated Alexa Martinez (Towson), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
No. 2 – Kiana Marshall defeated Jane Shusterman (Towson), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 – Dessi Zlateva defeated Amelia Lawson (Towson), 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 – Lea Owens defeated Lucy Gloninger (Towson), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 – Helene Heiberg defeated Claire Bedi (Towson), 7-5, 7-5
No. 6 – Phoebe Collins (Towson) defeated Lyndell Giffenig, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 – Shusterman/Martinez (Towson) def. Dunbar/Marshall, 6-4
No. 2 – Zlateva/Owens def. Gloninger/Haliou (Towson), 6-4
No. 3 – Lyndell Giffenig/Ana Ramirez def. Assenmacher/Collins, 6-4

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