Box Score LEXINGTON, Va. – The 25th-ranked Washington and Lee women's tennis team wrapped up the third and final day of the W&L Invitational with a 9-0 win over No. 20 Denison on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Generals swept the doubles with scores of 8-5, 8-5, and 8-3. The pairs finished in order with the top duo of
Gabi Moss and
Lauren Long taking down Caroline Lopez and Dasha Chistyakova in the #1 doubles matchup, 8-5.
Grace Lorenz and
Margaret Carlton defeated Peyton Oda and Maia Nowicki with the same score in the #2 position. In the final doubles match,
Annie Jennings and
Izzy Koziol won with an 8-3 score over Caroline Kittle and Ariana Fernanda Rodriguez.
Following a 3-0 lead after the doubles were completed, Lorenz was the first singles player to win at the #3 position; Lorenz took down Kittle with a 6-0 and 6-3 scorecard.
Next, Long defeated Oda at the top singles position with a pair of 6-1 scores to secure a team win for the Blue and White.
In the #2 singles slot,
Annie Jennings played to a perfect 6-0 then scored a 6-4 second set to defeat Chistyakova.
At the four spot, Carlton won in a 10-point tie-breaker in the third set, 10-7, over Lopez to win the match and give W&L its seventh point of the afternoon. Koziol and Riho Iljima each won in two sets at the #5 and #6 singles positions, respectively. Koziol defeated Elizabeth Hoo 6-4,6-3 and Iljima downed Leach 6-1,6-2.
NOTEWORTHY POINTS:
With the win, the Generals improve to 9-0 overall on the season and Denison fell to 0-4 after taking three ranked losses at the W&L Invitational this weekend.
UP NEXT:
The Generals travel to California for a pair of non-conference matchups at No. 22 Redlands (February 28, 8 p.m. ET) and No. 21 CalTech (March 2, 2 p.m.ET).
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.
