Women’s Tennis Picks Up Two Wins, Men’s One in Tennis Double-Header
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Women's Tennis team improved to 6-1 on the year with a pair of 9-0 wins against Aquinas and Judson. The Men's team dropped the first match against Aquinas but rebounded with a 7-2 win over Judson.
Things didn't get off to a good start on the Men's side against Aquinas. The first doubles team of Victor Roland and Christian Woods fell 1-8. The two and three doubles also had a tough time against the Saints' doubles teams both falling to give Aquinas a 3-0 lead heading in to singles play.
The singles matches were much closer but the Panthers couldn't pull out any wins. The first, fifth and sixth singles each lost in straight sets. The other three singles matches each ended in tiebreakers, as the Panthers fell 0-9 to Aquinas.
The Women's team faired completely different in their match with Aquinas defeating the Saints 9-0. The doubles teams got Davenport on the board quickly allowing Aquinas to win only six games in the three matches.
Davenport continued their dominant play in the singles matches. Diana Favela won the number one singles match 6-0, 6-0. Alana Meulenberg won the second flight 6-3, 6-3. Denisse Favela and Angelica Woods each won their matchup surrendering only three games in the two sets. Erin Hossack and Kristi Kuzdal finished the sweep for Davenport each winning their matches in straight sets.
In the second match of the day against Judson, the Men's team came out much better. Victor Roland and Matheus Moreira de Carvalho dropped the first doubles match but the teams of Vitaly Shumilov/Christian Woods and Tyler Chambers/Eric Pell each won their matches to give Davenport the 2-1 lead after doubles play.
Shumilov fell at number one singles before Woods, Roland, and Carvalho each won their singles matches in straight sets to clinch the win for Davenport. Tyler Chambers and Keaton Briggs each won their matches in straight sets to give Davenport the 7-2 win.
The Women's team didn't show any sign of fatigue in their second match of the day. The Favela sisters came out of the gate with a 8-2 win at first doubles. Hossack and Meulenberg dropped only one game in their doubles win. The third doubles team of Kelly Todd and Kuzdal gave Davenport a 3-0 lead with their 8-2 win. In singles, all six women won in straight sets to give Davenport their second 9-0 win on the day.
Both teams have a short break before they are back on the court against Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) on Sept. 23.
Post-Match Quotes - Head Coach Patrick Grashorn
On Men's doubles pairings against Judson: "Experimented with new doubles pairings. I liked the chemistry between the two doubles team. They seemed to compliment each others game well. Besides a shaky return game, one doubles played well together also. Pell and Chambers remained an anchor at the three spot."
On Women's win over Aquinas: "Wanted to make a statement early in doubles against one of our bigger rivals and we did. The girls fought hard at every singles flight as well. Won the big points in match that was closer than the score indicates."
Post-Game Notes
The Women's team improved to 6-1 on the year...They won their fourth straight match, all by a score of 9-0...The Men's team improved to 3-1 on the year...They improved to 4-0 all-time against Judson
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