Temple University Athletics
Saturday, January 31
Elkton, Md.
6:30 p.m.
Temple University
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Delaware
Photo by: Mitchell Leff
Women's Tennis Dominates Delaware, 7-0
1.31.15 | Women's Tennis
PHILADELPHIA- After dropping a close match to Penn on Friday, the women's tennis team dominated the University of Delaware, 7-0.
Temple quickly won the doubles point, as the pair of Alina Abdurakhimova and Dina Karina took the first flight, 6-1. Anais Nussaume and Rebecca Breland were right behind, winning the second flight, 6-4.
In singles, the girls came out strong to sweep the Blue Hens, including six straight set victories. Freshmen Monet Stuckey-Willis, Yana Kohn and Abdurakhimova took the first three sets at the fifth, fourth and first flights, respectively. Nussaume made the score 5-0 after taking the third flight, 7-5, 6-2. At the second flight, Karina fought hard to take the set, winning 6-3, 5-7, 11-9, while Mariana Bedon finished off the match with a 6-2, 6-0 victory at the sixth flight.
Head coach Steve Mauro was extremely pleased with the way the girls played against an extremely competitive team.
"I'm really happy that the girls came out and played great tennis tonight, especially in singles; all of the singles matches were won in straight sets," said Mauro. "Delaware is a very strong team this year, so we will happy we were able to get the win against them. Hopefully this momentum will carry us through the next few matches."
The Owls will face University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Friday, February 7 at 5:30 p.m. The match will take place at Upper Dublin Sports Center in Ambler.
Temple 7, Delaware 0
Doubles:
1) Abdurakhimova/Karina (TU) def. Shuren/Naumova (UD), 6-1
2) Nussaume/Breland (TU) def. Milla/Studnicki (UD), 6-4
3) Jonjic'/Martinez (UD) def. Bedon/Okajima (TU), 7-6
Singles:
1) Abdurakhimova (TU) def. Shuren (UD), 6-3, 6-2
2) Karina (TU) def. Jonjic' (UD), 6-3, 5-7, 11-9
3) Nussaume (TU) def. Naumova (UD), 7-5, 6-2
4) Khon (TU) def. Milla (UD), 7-4, 6-1
5) Stuckey-Willis (TU) def. Studnicki (UD), 6-2, 6-2
6) Bedon (TU) def. Martinez (UD), 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 1, 2, 3
Singles: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6
Temple quickly won the doubles point, as the pair of Alina Abdurakhimova and Dina Karina took the first flight, 6-1. Anais Nussaume and Rebecca Breland were right behind, winning the second flight, 6-4.
In singles, the girls came out strong to sweep the Blue Hens, including six straight set victories. Freshmen Monet Stuckey-Willis, Yana Kohn and Abdurakhimova took the first three sets at the fifth, fourth and first flights, respectively. Nussaume made the score 5-0 after taking the third flight, 7-5, 6-2. At the second flight, Karina fought hard to take the set, winning 6-3, 5-7, 11-9, while Mariana Bedon finished off the match with a 6-2, 6-0 victory at the sixth flight.
Head coach Steve Mauro was extremely pleased with the way the girls played against an extremely competitive team.
"I'm really happy that the girls came out and played great tennis tonight, especially in singles; all of the singles matches were won in straight sets," said Mauro. "Delaware is a very strong team this year, so we will happy we were able to get the win against them. Hopefully this momentum will carry us through the next few matches."
The Owls will face University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Friday, February 7 at 5:30 p.m. The match will take place at Upper Dublin Sports Center in Ambler.
Temple 7, Delaware 0
Doubles:
1) Abdurakhimova/Karina (TU) def. Shuren/Naumova (UD), 6-1
2) Nussaume/Breland (TU) def. Milla/Studnicki (UD), 6-4
3) Jonjic'/Martinez (UD) def. Bedon/Okajima (TU), 7-6
Singles:
1) Abdurakhimova (TU) def. Shuren (UD), 6-3, 6-2
2) Karina (TU) def. Jonjic' (UD), 6-3, 5-7, 11-9
3) Nussaume (TU) def. Naumova (UD), 7-5, 6-2
4) Khon (TU) def. Milla (UD), 7-4, 6-1
5) Stuckey-Willis (TU) def. Studnicki (UD), 6-2, 6-2
6) Bedon (TU) def. Martinez (UD), 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 1, 2, 3
Singles: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Arielle Shuren / 0 [DELAWARE]
32
#2 Singles Match
123
6511
Danea Jonjic' / 0 [DELAWARE]
379
#3 Singles Match
12
76
Nataliya Naumova / 0 [DELAWARE]
52
#4 Singles Match
12
76
Kim Milla / 0 [DELAWARE]
51
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Amanda Studnicki / 0 [DELAWARE]
22
#6 Singles Match
12
66
Abby Martinez / 0 [DELAWARE]
20
Players Mentioned
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