Women’s Tennis Sweeps Howard, 7-0

Saturday, February 23

Washington, D.C.

12:00 p.m.

Temple University

Howard

Women’s Tennis Sweeps Howard, 7-0

2.23.19 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Temple women's tennis (5-1) blanked Howard on Saturday afternoon, downing the Bison (1-6) 7-0.

Notes
> Temple improved to 5-1 with today's victory over Howard. This win also marks the team's third sweep of the season.
> The Owls earned the doubles point with wins from Stefaniya Surikova and Kristina Titova, Oyku Boz and Yining Tian and Oleksandra Doroshenko and Cecilia Castelli. Surikova and Titova are an undefeated 5-0 as a pair.
> The squad was dominant in singles as well, winning all six matches. Titova defeated her opponent 6-3, 6-1 in the number one spot and Chunan Xiang came out on top at second singles. Doroshenko and Castelli won at third and fourth singles, respectively, and victories from Alice Patch and Tian rounded out the sweep for the Owls.

Results
Doubles
1. Stefaniya Surikova/Kristina Titova (Temple) def. Yassmine Khiri/Kendall Addison (Howard), 6-2, 6-0
2. Oyku Boz/Yining Tian (Temple) def. Nicole Hutchison/Dominique Jackson (Howard), 6-0
3. Oleksandra Doroshenko/Cecilia Castelli (Temple) def. (Howard)

Singles
1. Kristina Titova (Temple) def. Yassmine Khiri (Howard), 6-3, 6-1
2. Chunan Xiang (Temple) def. Nicole Hutchison (Howard), 6-1, 6-1
3. Oleksandra Doroshenko (Temple) def. Kendall Addison (Howard), 6-0, 6-1
4. Cecilia Castelli (Temple) def. Christina Joynes (Howard), 5-0, Ret.
5. Alice Patch (Temple) def. Dominique Jackson (Howard), 6-0, 6-2
6. Yining Tian (Temple) def. (Howard)

Next Up
> Temple will continue its road trip, as the Owls are set to take on the VCU Rams on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 11 a.m.