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Temple Women's Tennis Drops 7-0 Decision at Syracuse
4.10.10 | Women's Tennis
Owls dominated by regionally ranked team
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Temple women's tennis team suffered a tough 7-0 loss at Syracuse on Saturday at the Drumlins Tennis Center, April 10. The Owls dropped to 7-10 overall on the season with the defeat to the #9 Northeast Regional Team.
With the latest victory, the Orange have completed the most successful regular season in program history, compiling a 19-2 record.
SU had another dominating day across the board, winning every match in both singles and doubles play. CC Sardinha, ranked 17th regionally, continued her success at the No. 1 singles spot by defeating Temple's Anastasiia Rukavyshnykova, 6-2, 6-1. Emily Harman added her 14th singles victory of the season by beating Lucie Pazderova at the No. 2 spot with set scores of 6-3 and 6-2. Eleanor Peters made the most of her senior day by dropping Temple's Josephine Bergman, 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot.
Junior Simone Kalhorn improved her singles record to 15-6 on the season after defeating May Johnson, 6-1, 6-4 at the No. 5 spot. Alessondra Parra and Christina Tan also picked up singles victories over their Temple opponents with scores of 7-6 (3), 6-3 and 4-6, 6-3 (10-5), respectively.
Doubles action was also very one-sided as Syracuse's No. 1 pairing of Harman and Sardinha blanked Temple's Rukavyshnykova and Pazderova, 8-0, in the top doubles match. Peters teamed up with Parra to defeat Bergman and Katharina Mittag at the No. 2 spot with a score of 8-3. Chelsea Jones celebrated her senior day by pairing up with Kalhorn to best Temple's Strangl and Johnson at the No. 3 spot with a score of 8-5.
TU heads back to the courts on Sunday with a 10 a.m. match at Binghamton.
Singles
1. CC Sardinha def. Anastasiia Rukavyshnykova 6-2, 6-1
2. Emily Harman def. Lucie Pazderova 6-3, 6-2
3. Eleanor Peters def. Josephine Bergman 6-3, 6-1
4. Alessondra Parra def. Theresa Stangl 7-6(3), 6-3
5. Simone Kalhorn def. May Johnson 6-1, 6-4
6. Christina Tan def. Katharina Mittag 4-6, 6-3 (10-5)
Doubles
1. Harman/Sardinha def. Rukavyshnykova/Pazderova 8-0
2. Peters/Parra def. Bergman/Mittag 8-3
3. Kalhorn/Jones def. Stangl/Johnson 8-5
