Quinnipiac University
University of Toledo
QU Women's Tennis Splits Doubleheader on Monday, Defeats Hampton, 6-1, and Falls to Valparaiso, 6-1
3/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ORLANDO, Florida – The Quinnipiac women's tennis team split a doubleheader Monday as they defeated the Hampton Pirates, 6-1, in the second match of the day after falling to the Toledo Rockets, 6-1, in the first game during their first day of action on the spring break trip.
Throughout the day, the women's tennis team sported red Quinnipiac tennis shirts that said "I Wear Red for Alysha," in memory of Alysha Oliphant, the sister of sophomore Kelsi Oliphant (Calgary, Alberta), who passed away in November.
The Bobcats cruised to their third win of the season Monday night with the 6-1 win over the Pirates with a strong showing in both singles and doubles as several players cruised to multiple victories. Quinnipiac is now 3-3 this season while Hampton drops to 0-4.
Jacqueline Raynor (Garden City, New York) picked up three victories in the doubleheader to highlight the group of multiple winners against Hampton, as Ariana Launie (Milton, Massachusetts) and Rachel Horton (Stamford, Connecticut) also picked up two wins.
Launie moved within five wins of 100 for her career, as the senior's two wins moved her up to 95 career victories, good for third on the action roster. She is looking to join Raynor and Dassa as the active members of the 100-win club.
For Horton, it was her first singles victory of the season as she also picked up her second doubles victory of the season.
Quinnipiac took two of the three doubles matches as Raynor and Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, New Jersey) continued their dominance as a doubles pair with an 8-2 win over Danielle Dixon and Mikaela Pierce for yet another win together at No. 1 doubles. The Bobcats also picked up a win in No. 2 doubles to secure the point as Horton and Launie played their first match of the spring together and cruised to an 8-3 win over Miarian Mitaishvili and Melanie Scott. In No. 3 doubles, Daniella Reyes and Nicole Keklik (Stratford, Connecticut) lost in their first dual match of the season, 8-6, to Hampton's Anastaslia Romanova and Daneya Charles, 8-6.
The Bobcats also took five of the six singles matches to secure a commanding win over the Pirates. After not competing in doubles, Sophia Dzulynsky (Miramar, Florida) took the court at No. 1 singles for the victory over Dixon, 6-3, 6-2. Raynor continued her winning ways for the Bobcats at No. 2 singles as she shutout Mitaishvili in their two-set match, 6-0, 6-0. Horton was nearly perfect as well for the Bobcats as she continues to shine in her return to the court with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Pierce. Launie picked up her second win of the match as she competed at No. 4 doubles against Scott and did not allow a point, sweeping 6-0, 6-0. Keklik and Reyes got their first action in a dual match in singles as well, as Keklik competed at No. 5 singles for the first time this season but lost to Romanova, 6-4, 6-0. Reyes rounded out the top six for the Bobcats against the Pirates, defeating Charles 6-1, 7-5 for her first singles victory of the season.
Doubles:
#1 - Raynor/Dassa (QU) def. Dixon/Pierce (Hampton): 8-2
#2 - Horton/Launie (QU) def. Mitaishvili/Scott (Hampton): 8-3
#3 - Romanova/Charles (Hampton) def. Keklik/Reyes (QU): 8-6
Singles:
#1 - Dzulynsky (QU) def. Dixon (Hampton): 6-3, 6-2
#2 - Raynor (QU) def. Mitaishvili (Hampton): 6-0, 6-0
#3 - Horton (QU) def. Pierce (Hampton): 6-1, 6-0
#4 - Launie (QU) def. Scott (Hampton): 6-0, 6-0
#5 - Romanova (Hampton) def Keklik (QU): 6-4, 6-0
#6 - Reyes (QU) def. Charles (Hampton): 6-1, 7-5
In match one of the doubleheader against Toledo, Raynor picked up the only win of the match for Quinnipiac in the 6-1 loss. Raynor shut down the Rockets' No. 2 singles competitor Pia Rygh for the 6-4, 6-4 win. Raynor finished the day with 143 career victories.
The rest of the Bobcats' matches were competitive but the Rockets just barely pulled away with match victories. Raynor and Dassa, as well as Horton and Sydney Young (Austin, Texas) fell in No. 1 and No. 2 doubles by an 8-5 score in each match. Raynor and Dassa fell to Toledo's No. 1 doubles team in Rygh and Lauren Thai while Horton and Young lost to Emily Mazzola and Alexa Pitt. Dzulynsky and Sitilia Rencheli (Sarasota, Florida) lost in a tiebreaker set to Mackenzie Bowman and Sidney Huck, 8-7 (4).
Dzulynsky suited up at No. 1 in the first of two singles matches on Monday, taking on Pitt falling in three sets, 2-6, 7-5, 10-5. Horton also went to three sets at No. 3 doubles, just barely falling to Huck, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. Young competed at No. 4 singles for the Bobcats taking on Pitt, who picked up the win for the Rockets, 6-2, 6-0. Dassa competed in her only singles match of the day at No. 5 singles, battling in both sets with Katelyn Nguyen but just coming short, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Rounding out the singles matches for the Bobcats is Launie, who fell to Mazzola at No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles:
#1 - Rygh/Thai (Toledo) def. Raynor/Dassa (QU): 8-5
#2 - Mazzola/Pitt (Toledo) def. Horton/Young (QU): 8-5
#3 - Bowman/Huck (Toledo) def. Dzulynsky/Rencheli (QU): 8-7 (4)
Singles:
#1 - Pitt (Toledo) def. Dzulynsky (QU): 2-6, 7-5, 10-5
#2 - Raynor (QU) def. Rygh (Toledo): 6-4, 6-4
#3 - Huck (Toledo) def. Horton (QU): 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
#4 - Thai (Toledo) def. Young (QU): 6-3, 6-2
#5 - Nguyen (Toledo) def. Dassa (QU): 7-6 (5), 7-5
#6 - Mazzola (Toledo) def. Launie (QU): 6-2, 6-4
With the doubleheader in the books, the Bobcats will return to action with a quick turnaround on Tuesday to face the Lehigh Mountain Hawks at the Azalea Lane Tennis Courts in Winter Park, Florida with the match scheduled to begin at 12:30 P.M.
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