Owls Women's Tennis Drops 7-0 Decision at #45 Princeton

Wednesday, January 27

Princeton, N.J.

10:00 a.m.

Temple University

Princeton

Owls Women's Tennis Drops 7-0 Decision at #45 Princeton

1.27.10 | Women's Tennis

Nationally ranked Tigers too much for Temple

PRINCETON, N.J. - The Temple women's tennis team faced an Ivy League squad for the second time in three matches, falling 7-0 at Princeton on Wednesday, January 27. The Tigers are ranked 45th in the nation.

Princeton swept the doubles matches to get off to a 1-0 start. Junior Lucie Pazderova and senior Anastasiia Rukavyshnykova pushed the duo of Hilary Bartlett and Taylor Marable to an 8-6 decision at number one. Junior Theresa Stangl and freshman Katharina Mittag dropped their match at number two, 8-3, while junior Josephine Bergman and sophomore Mellana Cramer were shuout at the third flight, 8-0.

In singles play, Rukavyshnykova took Bartlett, the 121st ranked singles player in the nation, to three sets. Bartlett earned a 6-3 win in the first before Rukavyshnykova blanked her 6-0 in the second. Bartlett ended it with a 6-1 third set.

Princeton earned two-set victories in the final five singles matches. Pazderova nearly forced a third against Melissa Saiontz at number two, but Saiontz pulled out the 6-3, 7-6 (5) win.

Temple drops to 1-2 on the season and will be in action next at Penn on Tuesday, February 2 at 4:00 p.m.

(45) Princeton (1-0) 7, Temple (1-2) 0

Doubles
1. (16) Bartlett/Marable (P) def. Pazderova/Rukavyshnykova (T), 8-6
2. Chow/R. Saiontz (P) def. Mittag/Stangl (T), 8-3
3. Sarah Hoffman/M. Saiontz (P) def. Bergman/Cramer, 8-0

Singles
1. (121) Hilary Bartlett (P) def. Anastasiia Rukavyshnykova (T), 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
2. Melissa Saiontz (P) def. Lucie Pazderova (T), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
3. Monica Chow (P) def. Theresa Stangl (T), 6-4, 6-4
4. Rachel Saiontz (P) def. Josephine Bergman (T), 6-1, 6-1
5. Taylor Marable (P) def. May Johnson (T), 6-2, 6-2
6. Blakely Ashley (P) def. Mellana Cramer (T), 6-2, 6-0