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Virginia Commonwealth University
Women's Tennis Wraps Up Season Opener at VCU
1.21.24 | Women's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – Temple women's tennis (0-1) fell to Virginia Commonwealth University (2-0) on Sunday morning, 7-0. This marked the season opener for the Owls.
NOTES:
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Owls' duo Evie Wei/Jessie Zheng finished first from the third position, coming away with the sole win of the day. The twain topped Rams' pair Draskovic/Andrade Sabando, 6-3.
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Although both Maiko Uchijima and Marianthi Christoforidou's singles matches resulted in a Temple loss, both Owls kept the competition alive as they came back from a first set fall. Uchijima scored a tie-breaking point to win the second round while Christoforidou took a two-point lead.
RESULTS:
Doubles:
1. Karlova/Valletta (VCU) def. No. 20 Maiko Uchijima/Samantha Nanere (TEM), 6-2
2. Rossini/Rizzetto (VCU) def. Marianthi Christoforidou/Thamara Frasser Kawarantani (TEM), 6-2
3. Evie Wei/Jessie Zheng (TEM) def. Draskovic/Andrade Sabando (VCU), 6-3
Singles:
1. Y. Karlova (VCU) def. Thamara Frasser Kawarantani (TEM), 7-5, 6-4
2. T. Andrade Sabando (VCU) def. Jessie Zheng (TEM), 6-1, 6-1
3. A. Draskovic (VCU) def. Maiko Uchijima (TEM), 6-4, 6(6)-7(8), 1(10)-0(5)
4. E. Valletta (VCU) def. Samantha Nanere (TEM), 7-5, 6-4
5. E. Rizzetto (VCU) def. Marianthi Christoforidou (TEM), 6-1, 4-6, 1(10)-0(5)
6. T. Rossini (VCU) def. Evie Wei (TEM), 6-3, 6-2
ORDER OF FINISH:
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
Singles: 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 6
Next Up:
The Owls will return to action on Feb. 2 when they take a short road trip to Princeton, NJ to take on the Princeton Tigers.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,4,3,5,6
