Women's Tennis Defeats Xavier, 4-0, in Quarterfinal Action at Atlantic 10 Championship

Friday, April 20

Charlottesville, Va.

10 a.m.

Temple University

Xavier

Photo by: Mitchell Leff

Women's Tennis Defeats Xavier, 4-0, in Quarterfinal Action at Atlantic 10 Championship

4.20.12 | Women's Tennis

Fourth-seeded Owls advance to semifinals to face top-seeded Massachusetts

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Paola Calderon was instrumental in scoring two points for the fourth-seeded Temple women's tennis team in its quarterfinal match of the Atlantic 10 Championship, helping the squad to a 4-0 victory over #5 Xavier on Friday morning.

In doubles action, Yana Mavrina and Agnese Rozite started things with an 8-4 win at No. 3. Calderon and Rebecca Breland secured the point with an 8-6 win over their opponents at the first flight.

Jordan Batey kept the points coming for Temple with her 6-3, 6-2 win over Andrea Wolf at No. 3. Maame Ama Osei pushed it to 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 6, and Calderon clinched the win with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Kally Alkire at No. 4.

Temple (14-10) advances to the semifinal to face the top-seeded Massachusetts Minutewomen in a 10 a.m. match on Saturday. The Owls' only loss against a league foe this season was to UMass, a 3-4 decision early in the spring.

Doubles
1.      Calderon/Rebecca Breland (TU) def. Alkire/Pleiman (XU) 8-6
2.      Doms/Batey (TU) vs. Patton/Wolf (XU) 6-7 DNF
3.      Mavrina/Rozite (TU) def. Oosterbaan/Westling (XU) 8-4
Order of Finish: 3,1

Singles
1.      Yana Mavrina (TU) vs. Katie Pleiman (XU) 6-3 3-4 DNF
2.      Alicia Doms (TU) vs. Daniella Patton (XU) 4-6 3-5 DNF
3.      Jordan Batey (TU) def. Andrea Wolf (XU) 6-3 6-2
4.      Paola Calderon (TU) def. Kally Alkire (XU) 6-3 6-4
5.      Agnese Rozite (TU) vs. Lizzie Oosterbaan (XU) 6-4 3-5 DNF
6.      Maame Ama Osei (TU) def. Ally Westling (XU) 6-4 6-3
Order of Finish: 3,6,4