Quinnipiac University
St. Bonaventure
Jacqueline Raynor and Michelle Dassa Lead QU Women's Tennis in 6-1 Win at St. Bonaventure
3/29/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ST. BONAVENTURE, New York – Quinnipiac women's tennis seniors Jacqueline Raynor (Garden City, New York) and Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, New Jersey) were the only two Bobcats to play two matches and pick up two victories Sunday afternoon in the Bobcats 6-1 win over the St. Bonaventure Bonnies.
Raynor and Dassa teamed up for their third straight doubles victory dating back to last Sunday's match against the Manhattan Jaspers. Raynor has now won four consecutive matches, including singles and doubles. Raynor recorded her 30th win of the season with her singles victory as she also picked up her 151st career win. The win pair of wins are Dassa's second and third of the week.
Rachel Horton (Stamford, Connecticut) also won her third match of the week and fifth of her last six dating back to the Manhattan match while Sydney Young (Austin, Texas) recorded her 60th career victory with a win in singles play.
The Bobcats improve to an even 6-6 (2-0 MAAC) with the non-conference victory while the Bonnies drop to 5-9 (0-1 A-10) with the loss.
It was a great showing from the Bobcats after a quick turnaround from a late match with Niagara the night before. Raynor and Dassa came out and knocked off the top St. Bonaventure doubles team of Marisa Brossard and Mara Martinez-Santori, 6-2. The Bonnies took one match in doubles from the Bobcats as Horton teamed up with Young once again but lost a close match to Dominique Mortier and Fatya Amiri, 6-4.
The Bobcats took the doubles point as Sophia Dzulynsky (Miramar, Florida) and Daniella Reyes (Burr Ridge, Illinois) won by default with Mariam Skhirtladze scratched from the match with partner Lauren Doversola.
In singles, Quinnipiac pulled away from St. Bonaventure as they took five of the six singles matches. Raynor cruised to a straight set victory over Brossard, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 singles while Horton won her match handily against Mortier, 6-3, 6-2. Dassa also returned to the win column in singles with a straight set victory, defeating Doversola 6-4, 6-3. Reyes won her match at No. 6 singles by default with Skhirtladze getting scratched at No. 4 singles, moving Mortier and Doversola up one spot.
Dzulynsky nearly came away with a victory in the No. 1 singles match with Amiri. Dzulynsky took the first set of the match but Amiri came back to win the next two, 3-6, 6-4, 10-5.
Doubles:
#1 – Raynor/Dassa (QU) def. Brossard/Martinez-Santori (SB): 6-2
#2 – Mortier/Amiri (SB) def. Horton/Young (QU): 6-4
#3 – Dzulynsky/Reyes (QU) def. Skhirtladze/Doversola (SB): Default
Singles:
#1 – Amiri (SB) def. Dzulynsky (QU): 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
#2 – Raynor (QU) def. Brossard (SB): 6-1, 6-3
#3 – Young (QU) def. Martinez-Santori (SB): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
#4 – Horton (QU) def. Mortier (SB): 6-3, 6-2
#5 – Dassa (QU) def. Doversola (SB): 6-4, 6-3
#6 – Reyes (QU): Win By Default
The Quinnipiac women's tennis team returns to action at home on Tuesday, March 31 at 3 P.M. when the Fairfield Stags come to Hamden. Quinnipiac hosting the match in memory of sophomore Kelsi Oliphant's (Calgary, Alberta) sister Alysha, who passed away from Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in November. There will be a heart healthy booth run by the Yale-New Haven Hospital Cardiology Unit as well as a booth with "I Wear Red for Alysha" T-Shirts available to purchase, with all proceeds going to the Heart Beats Children's Society of Calgary.
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