Richmond Sweeps Saint Joseph’s 7-0 on Senior Day

Friday, April 16

Westhampton Courts

10AM

University of Richmond

Saint Joseph's

04/16/2021 | Women's Tennis

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond women's tennis team won all three doubles matches and completed the sweep in singles winning every match against Saint Joseph's, 7-0, Friday at Westhampton Tennis Courts. All three seniors won their matches on Senior Day in singles and doubles.

The Spiders (5-4, 3-1 A-10) won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. At No. 3 doubles, freshman Carly Cohen (Pepper Pike, Ohio) and senior Adrienne Haynes (Asheville, N.C.) took care of Sophia Amato and Fabiana Tort-Umpierre, 6-1.

Sophomore Andrea Campodonico (Asuncion, Paraguay) and freshman Sara Salemyr (Stockholm, Sweden) clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win against Anna Kirk and Alex Kramer at No. 2 doubles.

In the final doubles match, graduate student Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) and senior Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) trailed 3-4 in the match before winning three-straight games to sweep the doubles point against Amanda Nava and Stow Weiss, 6-4, at No. 1 doubles.

In singles, Zlateva pushed the lead to 2-0 after a straight-sets win against Weiss, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. Salemyr won in straight sets against Ireland Amato, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.

Freshman Polina Shitikova (Rybinsk, Russia) clinched the win against Paige Conrad at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-0. Campodonico gave Richmond a 5-0 lead after winning against Tort-Umpierre, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.

Dunbar won against Nava, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles to make the score 6-0. Haynes made it a clean 7-0 sweep with a comeback win at No. 6 singles against Sophia Amato, 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6). Haynes forced a third set super tiebreaker by winning the second set 6-1. Haynes went up 9-3 and won 10-6 in the super tiebreaker.

Richmond will face UNCG in its final home match of the season on Saturday, April 17 at 12:30 p.m. at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.

Richmond 7, Saint Joseph's 0
Singles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar (UR) def. Amanda Nava (SJU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 – Dessi Zlateva (UR) def. Stow Weiss (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 – Andrea Campodonico (UR) def. Fabiana Tort-Umpierre (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – Polina Shitikova (UR) def. Paige Conrad (SJU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 – Sara Salemyr (UR) def. Ireland Amato (SJU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Adrienne Haynes (UR) def. Sophia Amato (SJU), 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
Order of Finish: 2,5,4,3,1,6

Doubles
No. 1 – Emily Dunbar/Dessi Zlateva (UR) def. Amanda Nava/Stow Weiss (SJU), 6-4
No. 2 – Sara Salemyr/Andrea Campodonico (UR) def. Anna Kirk/Alex Kramer (SJU), 6-3
No. 3 – Carly Cohen/Adrienne Haynes (UR) def. Sophia Amato/Fabiana Tort-Umpierre (SJU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3,2,1

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