Spiders Fall Short At Navy

Sunday, January 26

Annapolis, MD

1PM

University of Richmond

Navy

Photo by: TIM COWIE - DavidsonPhotos.com

01/26/2020 | Women's Tennis

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The University of Richmond women's tennis team lost the doubles point and couldn't recover in singles falling on the road at Navy, 6-1, Sunday at the Tose Family Tennis Center.

"We got off to a slow start in this match," head coach Mark Wesselink said. "Navy has improved a lot since last season and we lost a couple of close matches today. We have a lot of time to keep getting better before our first Atlantic 10 match next weekend."

Richmond (1-3) lost the doubles point after dropping all three matches. At No. 3 doubles, Samantha Choi and Tina Li defeated senior Lyndell Giffenig (Salisbury, Conn.) and freshman Andrea Campodonico (Asuncion, Paraguay), 6-3 at No. 3 doubles.

Navy clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles as Casey Accola and Kaylah Hodge won against senior Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) and senior Lea Owens (Olney, Md.).

In the final doubles match, Katreina Corpuz and Meghana Komarraju barely won against junior Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) and senior Kiana Marshall (Bridgetown, Barbados), 7-5, at No. 1 doubles.

In singles action, Brooke Bogdanovich won in straight sets against Campodonico, 7-5, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. Jillian Taggart gave Navy a 3-0 lead after a straight-sets win against Marshall, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 3 singles.

Navy clinched the win after Aimee Dervishian defeated sophomore Helene Heiberg (Oslo, Norway), 6-0, 7-5, at No. 5 singles. Owens battled against No. 114 Choi falling in three sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.

Dunbar picked up her first win of the spring with a straight-sets win against Hodge, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 at No. 1 singles. Dunbar won the first set tiebreaker 8-6 and a tough second set 7-5.

In the final match, Zlateva fell in three sets against Kacey Moore, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.

Richmond will head to Charlottesville for an ACC battle with Virginia on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m.

Navy 6, Richmond 1
Singles
1. Emily Dunbar def. Hodge, Kaylah (Navy) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
2. Moore, Kacey (Navy) def. Dessi Zlateva, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Taggart, Jillian (Navy) def. Kiana Marshall, 7-5, 6-3
4. #114 Choi, Samantha (Navy) def. Lea Owens, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
5. Dervishian, Aimee (Navy) def. Helene Heiberg, 6-0, 7-5
6. Bogdanovich, Brooke (Navy) def. Andrea Campodonico, 7-5, 6-0

Doubles
1. Corpuz, Katreina/Komarraju, Meghana (Navy) def. Dunbar/Marshall, 7-5
2. Accola, Casey/Hodge, Kaylah (Navy) def. Owens/Zlateva, 6-4
3. Choi, Samantha/Li, Tina (Navy) def. Campodonico/Lyndell Giffenig, 6-3

Match Notes:
Richmond 1-3
Navy 4-0

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,3,5,4,1,2)

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