Women's Tennis Defeats Drexel 4-3 in Mid-Week Dual

Wednesday, March 1

Legacy Tennis Center

9:45 AM

Temple University

Drexel

Women's Tennis Defeats Drexel 4-3 in Mid-Week Dual

3.1.17 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – In a Wednesday-morning cross-city dual, Temple women's tennis was able to pick up another win for its 2017 season with a 4-3 defeat of Drexel at the Legacy Tennis Center. Monet Stuckey-Willis posted big wins in both doubles and singles to lead the Owls to an eighth win for the 2017 season.

Stuckey-Willis and partner Yana Khon headed the doubles play with a 6-2 victory over Dragon pair Clary Rodriguez and Ryshena Providence. Alina Abdurakhimova and Dina Karina added a second win the second position before Anais Nussaume and Mariana Bedon posted a match that did not finish.

Abdurakhimova led off singles play in the first position with a dominant win over Drexel's Ghita Benhadi. Stuckey-Willis followed up with her singles victory over Honami Yazawa. Mariana Bedon was the final Owl to add a singles win and lock up an overall victory for the Owls.

The Owls will return to conference play over the weekend with a Sunday dual at Tulsa on the slate. The match is set to begin at 12 p.m.

Results:
Doubles
1. Monet Stuckey-Willis/Yana Khon (TU) def. Clary Rodriguez/Ryshena Providence (DU), 6-2
2. Alina Abdurakhimova/Dina Karina (TU) def. Kendra Bunch/Ghita Benhadi (DU), 6-4
3. Anais Nussaume/Mariana Bedon (TU) def. Honami Yazawa/Lea Winkler (DU), 5-5 DNF

Singles
1. Alina Abdurakhimova (TU) def. Ghita Benhadi (DU), 6-2, 6-1
2. Monet Stuckey-Willis (TU) def. Honami Yazawa (DU), 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
3. Kendra Bunch (DU) def. Dina Karina (TU) 7-6 (9), 6-7 (7), 6-3
4. Lea Winkler (DU) def. Yana Khon (TU), 6-3, 6-0
5. Clary Rodriguez (DU) def. Anais Nussaume (TU), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
6. Mariana Bedon (TU) def. Ryshena Providence (DU), 6-4, 7-6 (7)