Spiders Win Four Singles Matches to Overcome East Carolina

Saturday, March 1

Greenville, N.C.

11 a.m.

University of Richmond

East Carolina

Spiders Win Four Singles Matches to Overcome East Carolina

03/01/2025 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C - The University of Richmond women's tennis team earned a 4-2 win over East Carolina at the River Birch Tennis Complex in Greenville, North Carolina on Saturday. The Spiders improved to 4-2 on the season, while East Carolina fell to 2-7.

How It Happened
In doubles play, Bachir and Jeromin (ECU) defeated Lara Bakhaya and Andrea Campodonico 6-2 on court one before Richmond responded on court two as Sofia Barbulescu and Elizabeth Novak defeated Lancaster and Rivera Ortiz (ECU) 6-3. East Carolina won the deciding match, with Lou Champion and Muzzolon (ECU) outlasting Claire Le Du and Lainey O'Neil in a tiebreak, 7-6 (4-0) on court three, giving ECU the doubles point.

The Spiders took control in singles play, winning four matches to claim the dual. Le Du gave the Spiders their first point, defeating Madi (ECU) 6-3, 6-4, on court six. ECU responded on court two, where Muzzolon (ECU) took down Campodonico (RIC) 6-1, 6-4. Barbulescu gave UR back the lead and delivered a dominant 6-4, 6-0 victory over Bachir (ECU). Novak extended the lead on court five with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Jeromin (ECU). The Spiders then clinched the match on court four, where Lara Bakhaya secured a three-set victory, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, over Rivera Ortiz (ECU). The match on court three between Champion (ECU) and Abby Lee (RIC) was left unfinished at 6-3, 5-7, 1-1.

From Head Coach Jacob Dunbar
"As a whole, the weekend wasn't our best or prettiest tennis, but we did what we needed and were able to get through them," Dunbar said" "I'm proud of them getting the job done. I think both matches from this weekend are going to help us learn some lessons for the long run and we will be better for it. We've got a stretch of three matches ahead of us and all of them are going to be challenging. We know we will need to make some adjustments and clean some things up, but I think we have started down the right path. Now it's just about putting in the work over coming weeks and be ready to increase the intensity."

Richmond Women's Tennis Match Results
March 1, 2025
Greenville, North Carolina – River Birch Tennis Complex

Richmond 4, East Carolina 2

Doubles Competition

Ines Bachir/Xenia Jeromin (ECU) def. Lara Bakhaya/Andrea Campodonico (RIC) 6-2
Sofia Barbulescu/Elizabeth Novak (RIC) def. Lilly Lancaster/Isabel Rivera Ortiz (ECU) 6-3
Anne Lou Champion/Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Claire Le Du/Lainey O'Neil (RIC) 7-6 (4-0)

Singles Competition

Sofia Barbulescu (RIC) def. Ines Bachir (ECU) 6-4, 6-0
Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Andrea Campodonico (RIC) 6-1, 6-4
Anne Lou Champion (ECU) vs. Abby Lee (RIC) 3-6, 7-5, 1-1, unfinished
Lara Bakhaya (RIC) def. Isabel Rivera Ortiz (ECU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Elizabeth Novak (RIC) def. Xenia Jeromin (ECU) 6-4, 6-3
Claire Le Du (RIC) def. Joan Madi (ECU) 6-3, 6-4

Order of Finish:
Singles – 6, 2, 1, 5, 4
Doubles – 1, 2, 3

Up Next
Richmond looks to continue its win streak against Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Ariz on March 11^th at 1 p.m. and will take on UNLV in Las Vegas on March 13^th at 1 p.m. over the spring break week.