Women's Tennis Blanks Villanova, 5-0

Friday, March 15

Philadelphia, Pa.

8:00 A.M.

Temple University

Villanova

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Women's Tennis Blanks Villanova, 5-0

3.15.19 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA—Temple women's tennis (9-3, 0-1 AAC) improved to an undefeated 5-0 at home with a victory over city foe Villanova Friday morning. The Owls downed the Wildcats, 5-0, at the Legacy Tennis Center.

Notes
> Temple won two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Villanova took first doubles, but the teams of Alice Patch and Oyku Boz and Oleksandra Doroshenko and Kristina Titova came out on top in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.
> In singles, the Owls did not let up a match. Surikova defeated her opponent to give Temple the 2-0 advantage.
> Chunan Xiang dominated in the No. 4 spot and Ruoyu Chen downed her Wildcat opponent at first singles to continue the Owls' momentum and clinch the match.
> Yining Tian wrapped up the contest with a win at fifth singles to improve to 7-0 on the season.

Results
Doubles
1. Claudia Althans/Lindsey Evans (Villanova) def. Ruoyu Chen/Chunan Xiang (Temple), 6-4
2. Alice Patch/Oyku Boz (Temple) def. Kaylan Rotman/Lexi DeNucci (Villanova), 6-4
3. Oleksandra Doroshenko/Kristina Titova (Temple) def. Olivia Kapp/Carina Burdick (Villanova), 7-6 (6)

Singles
1. Ruoyu Chen (Temple) def. Claudia Althans (Villanova), 6-3, 6-4
2. Stefaniya Surikova (Temple) def. Lindsey Evans (Villanova), 6-2, 6-3
3. Kristina Titova (Temple) vs. Kaylan Rotman (Villanova), 4-6, 1-4 DNF
4. Chunan Xiang (Temple) def. Olivia Kapp (Villanova), 6-1, 6-1
5. Oleksandra Doroshenko (Temple) vs. Alexandra Vesikallio (Villanova), 5-7, 3-2 DNF
6. Yining Tian (Temple) def. Carina Burdick (Villanova), 6-3, 6-4

Order of Finish
Doubles: 1, 2, 3
Singles: 2, 4, 1, 6

Next Up
> Temple will head across town to Penn on Saturday, March 16. The Owls will take on the Quakers at noon at the Hecht Tennis Center.