QU Women's Tennis Set to Face Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart University Pioneers (1-0, 0-0 NEC) at
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY BOBCATS (0-1, 0-0 MAAC)
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Outdoor Tennis Facility (Hamden, Connecticut)

HAMDEN, Connecticut - The Quinnipiac women's tennis team will play host to the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Thursday, October 12. The matchup comes after the Bobcats' convincing 7-0 victory over Rider last Sunday.

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The Bobcats dominated their first MAAC matchup of the year, beating the Rider Broncs, 7-0.
The Pioneers are coming off an impressive 7-0 victory over Monmouth.
Payton Bradley (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) obtained two victories in her first MAAC matchup of the year. She picked up a victory in doubles competition with Dominique Vasile (Bingham Farms, Michigan), 6-1.
Stephanie Yanosov (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) scored a 6-2, 6-0 victory in singles play.
Yanosov teamed with Jennifer Lu (Cypress, California) to score a 6-3 victory
Lu scored a hard-fought 6-2, 6-3 victory over Rider in singles play.
Rounding out the freshman, Courtney Nash (Andover, Massachusetts) delivered a perfect 6-0, 6-0 victory in singles play.
Scarlett Blydenburgh( Chatham, New Jersey) and Amy Zammarieh (Trumbull, Connecticut) Scored a perfect 6-0 victory over Rider in doubles play.
Blydenburgh followed up her doubles victory with a 6-1, 6-0 victory in singles play.
Lu and Layla Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) participated in the Hofstra Invitational.
The duo combined for three wins over the weekend, including two wins in the Doubles A bracket to advance to the Finals.
One of their victories came over including a victory over Fordham's Carina Ma and Estelle Wong, 7-6 (8-3). Ma and Wong were undefeated to start the 2017-18 season until being defeated by Lu and Rodriguez.
Lu also scored a victory in the Singles A bracket, 6-4,1-6,12-10, before falling in the quarterfinals.
Lu also competed in the 2017 Oracle/ ITA Masters at the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, California. Lu fell to the top-seeded competitor in the field, Ena Shibahara of UCLA, and also competed in mixed doubles with Javier Restrepo from Marist.
Vasile picked up three victories to win the B Singles Consolation bracket at the Army West Point Invitational, defeating Michal Matson from Seton Hall, 8-2, in the championship.
Early in the 2017-18 season, Lu won two straight consolation brackets in A singles at the Stony Brook and Quinnipiac Invitationals. Lu and Visale also made it to the finals of the Doubles A Tournament at the Quinnipiac Invitational before falling 7-5 in the championship match to Fordham's No. 1 doubles team.
Quinnipiac has won the last four MAAC Championships since joining the league in the 2013-14 season. The Bobcats have still never lost a MAAC match, going a combined 38-0 in the last four years in both the regular season and postseason. There have been some stern challenges along the way, including a comeback 4-3 win over Marist in the 2016 MAAC Championship match, and a narrow 4-2 win over Siena in last season's finals.
Quinnipiac dominated their last showdown with Ryder, winning 7-0, in their contest on October 8 last year.

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Scarlett Blydenburgh

Payton Bradley

Jennifer Lu

Courtney Nash

Layla Rodriguez

Dominique Vasile

Stephanie Yanosov

Amy Zammarieh

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