LEXINGTON, Va. – The 25th-ranked Washington and Lee women's tennis team continued its hot start to the season with a dominant 9-0 win over No. 33 Christopher Newport on Friday.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Sophomore
Lauren Long and senior
Gabi Moss cruised at the top doubles position, defeating Tessa Trate and Raine Weis, the 17th-ranked doubles duo in the nation and No. 4 in the region, by an 8-2 score. Senior
Izzy Koziol and first-year
Haley Stoltz breezed by Megan Bauer and Kylie Schaefer, 8-3, at No. 3, while senior
Margaret Carlton and sophomore
Grace Lorenz kept the shutout alive by turning a 4-2 deficit into an 8-5 win at No. 3.
Sophomore
Annie Jennings highlighted singles play for the Blue and White, dropping just two games in her first set against Mia Linam at No. 3, before claiming the win with a 6-0 score in the second set. Long dispatched Weis at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-3, and sophomore
Riho Iijima made quick work of Schaefer at No. 6, 6-3, 6-0.
Lorenz and Moss had tougher battles, but also won in straight sets. Lorenz defeated Samantha Robertson, 6-1, 7-5, at No. 4, while Moss downed Trate in a second-set tiebreak, 7-4, to win her match, 6-3, 7-6. Stoltz completed the team shutout at No. 5, and also needed a comeback effort. Kiersten Chang won the first set, 6-4, but Stoltz forced a 10-point breaker with a 6-3 win in set two. Stoltz then outscored Chang, 10-4, to close the win.
NOTEWORTHY POINTS:
With the win, the Generals improve to 7-0 overall on the season and 10-1 all-time against the Captains, who fell to 2-3 overall on Friday. It was also W&L's sixth 9-0 win of the season dating back to the fall. W&L's singles players are now a combined 41-1 in dual match play, while doubles teams are 21-0 in duals.
UP NEXT:
The Generals will face another top-tier opponent on Saturday as they host eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins at 1:00 p.m. in the Duchossois Tennis Center.
Nestled in the mountains of Virginia, Washington and Lee University is a proud member of NCAA Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Founded in 1749, W&L is the ninth-oldest college in the United States and a top-ranked liberal arts university. With over 500 student-athletes in 24 varsity sports, the Generals have celebrated over 265 conference championships. Learn more about the Blue and White by visiting www.generalssports.com or on social media at @WLUGenerals.
