Sunday, March 21
Westhampton Courts
2PM
University of Richmond
6
vs
1
Duquesne
Richmond Earns 6-1 Home Win Against Duquesne
03/21/2021 | Women's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond women's tennis team won the doubles point and won five of six singles matches to defeat Duquesne, 6-1, Sunday at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.
The Spiders (2-2, 1-0 A-10) won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. At No. 1 doubles, graduate student Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) and senior Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) earned a 6-3 win against Margot Pessy and Meredith Lee.
junior Helene Heiberg (Oslo, Norway and senior Adrienne Haynes (Asheville, N.C.) clinched the doubles win against Amulika Gottiparthy and Ana Utrilla Benito, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
In the final doubles match, sophomore Andrea Campodonico (Asuncion, Paraguay) and freshman Sara Salemyr (Stockholm, Sweden) won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles against Daniela Latoni and Ellen Shanahan.
In singles, Zlateva won in straight sets against Pessy, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. The Dukes cut the lead to 2-1 after Latoni won against Heiberg, 7-5, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.
Dunbar pushed the lead to 3-1 after winning at No. 1 singles against Natasha Novak, 6-2. 6-4. Campodonico clinched the win with a tough 7-6 (7-0), 6-1 win at No. 3 singles. Salemyr also won in a first set tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3) and won the second set, 6-1 against Meredith Lee at No. 4 singles.
In the last singles match, freshman Carly Cohen (Pepper Pike, Ohio) won the first set 6-2 but lost the second set 5-7 before winning the third set super tiebreaker, 10-3.
Richmond will host A-10 rival VCU on Thursday, March 25 at 2:30 at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.
Richmond 6, Duquesne 1
Singles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar (UR) defeated Natasha Novak (DUQ), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 – Dessi Zlateva (UR) defeated Margot Pessy (DUQ), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – Andrea Campodonico (UR) defeated Ellen Shanahan (DUQ), 7-6 (7-0), 6-1
No. 4 – Sara Salemyr (UR) defeated Meredith Lee (DUQ), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
No. 5 – Carly Cohen (UR) defeated Ana Utrilla Benito (DUQ), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)
No. 6 – Daniela Latoni (DUQ) def. Helene Heiberg (UR), 7-5, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,6,1,2, 4, 5
Doubles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar/Dessi Zlateva (UR) def. Margot Pessy/Meredith Lee (DUQ), 6-3
No. 2 – Sara Salemyr/Andrea Campodonico (UR) def. Daniela Latoni/Ellen Shanahan (DUQ), 6-4
No. 3 – Helene Heiberg/Adrienne Haynes (UR) def. Amulika Gottiparthy/Ana Utrilla Benito (DUQ), 6-4
Order of Finish: 1,3,2
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The Spiders (2-2, 1-0 A-10) won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. At No. 1 doubles, graduate student Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) and senior Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) earned a 6-3 win against Margot Pessy and Meredith Lee.
junior Helene Heiberg (Oslo, Norway and senior Adrienne Haynes (Asheville, N.C.) clinched the doubles win against Amulika Gottiparthy and Ana Utrilla Benito, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
In the final doubles match, sophomore Andrea Campodonico (Asuncion, Paraguay) and freshman Sara Salemyr (Stockholm, Sweden) won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles against Daniela Latoni and Ellen Shanahan.
In singles, Zlateva won in straight sets against Pessy, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. The Dukes cut the lead to 2-1 after Latoni won against Heiberg, 7-5, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.
Dunbar pushed the lead to 3-1 after winning at No. 1 singles against Natasha Novak, 6-2. 6-4. Campodonico clinched the win with a tough 7-6 (7-0), 6-1 win at No. 3 singles. Salemyr also won in a first set tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3) and won the second set, 6-1 against Meredith Lee at No. 4 singles.
In the last singles match, freshman Carly Cohen (Pepper Pike, Ohio) won the first set 6-2 but lost the second set 5-7 before winning the third set super tiebreaker, 10-3.
Richmond will host A-10 rival VCU on Thursday, March 25 at 2:30 at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.
Richmond 6, Duquesne 1
Singles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar (UR) defeated Natasha Novak (DUQ), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 – Dessi Zlateva (UR) defeated Margot Pessy (DUQ), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – Andrea Campodonico (UR) defeated Ellen Shanahan (DUQ), 7-6 (7-0), 6-1
No. 4 – Sara Salemyr (UR) defeated Meredith Lee (DUQ), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
No. 5 – Carly Cohen (UR) defeated Ana Utrilla Benito (DUQ), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)
No. 6 – Daniela Latoni (DUQ) def. Helene Heiberg (UR), 7-5, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,6,1,2, 4, 5
Doubles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar/Dessi Zlateva (UR) def. Margot Pessy/Meredith Lee (DUQ), 6-3
No. 2 – Sara Salemyr/Andrea Campodonico (UR) def. Daniela Latoni/Ellen Shanahan (DUQ), 6-4
No. 3 – Helene Heiberg/Adrienne Haynes (UR) def. Amulika Gottiparthy/Ana Utrilla Benito (DUQ), 6-4
Order of Finish: 1,3,2
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