Women's Tennis Wraps Up Fall Schedule at UConn

Wednesday, October 17

Storrs, CT

2:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

UConn

10/16/2018 2:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: QU Sports Information

Quinnipiac at Connecticut
Wednesday, Oct. 17 – 2:30 p.m.
Tennis Courts | Storrs, Conn.

Storrs, Conn. - Quinnipiac women's tennis wraps up 2018-19 fall action on Wednesday, traveling to Storrs to square off with Connecticut in non-conference action.

LAST TIME OUT: ITA Regionals (at Yale)

Dominique Vasile dropped a tightly contested main draw event in singles play (7-5, 6-3).
Kamilla Nella fell in a close battle during qualifying singles action (6-4, 6-4).
Both Quinnipiac doubles duos (Jennifer Lu/Payton Bradley and Kamilla Nella/Layla Rodriguez) fell during Day 2 action of the tournament.

TEAM LEADERS

Kamilla Nella leads the way for the Bobcats so far in 2018-19 with eight singles wins, while Jennifer Lu and Courtney Nash have both recorded seven singles victories.
The duo of Proyfon Lohaphaisan and Dominique Vasile have won six contests this fall, while Payton Bradley and Jennifer Lu have tallied five doubles wins.

DEFENDING CHAMPS

The Bobcats are coming off their fifth-straight MAAC Championship in 2017-18, posting a perfect 7-0 record in regular season conference action. Quinnipiac finished the 2018 MAAC Championship with two singles victories 15 seconds apart, lifting the program to a 4-1 win over Marist at the Mercer County Tennis Center on April 29, 2018.

HEAD COACH PAULA MILLER

Paula Miller enters her fifth season as the Director of Tennis and Women's Tennis Head Coach in 2018-19, after a successful season in which Quinnipiac women's tennis reached their 11th NCAA Tournament Appearance in the Division I era after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship title for the fifth straight year.
Miller also earned her fourth consecutive MAAC Coach of the Year Award as she guided the Bobcats to their fifth straight MAAC Regular Season Championship with a fifth straight perfect year in the MAAC.
The Bobcats went 7-0 in the regular season before claiming two more wins in the MAAC Tournament, to improve to a perfect 47-0 against league opponents since joining the MAAC in 2013-14.

STORYLINES

Sophomore Dominique Vasile (Bingham Farms, MI) returns to the Bobcats after an impressive freshman year. She was named 2017-18 MAAC Player of the Year and MAAC Rookie of the Year, and was selected to the First-Team All-MAAC team at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles. She finished 17-5 in singles last year, leading the program in win percentage.
The reining MAAC Championship Most Outstanding Performer Jennifer Lu (Cypress, CA) returns for her senior year with the Bobcats. Lu posted a team-high 20 wins in singles (20-14) and a team-best 18 wins in doubles (18-13) in 2017-18, earning All-MAAC First Team status at No. 2 singles.
Proyfon Lohaphaisan (Santa Clara, CA) also returns for her senior year in 2018-19 after posting 34 total wins last season. She went 19-11 in singles play and 15-10 in doubles action, earning First Team All-MAAC status at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles.
Sophomore Courtney Nash (Andover, Mass.) was a First-Team All-MAAC performer at No. 6 singles last year, finishing with a 17-8 mark in singles play.
Sophomore Payton Bradley (Downington, PA) was named First-Team All-MAAC for No. 3 singles, compiling 25 total wins in 2017-18.
Layla Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita) was named to the All-MAAC First Team in No. 4 singles, earning 15 singles wins and 15 doubles wins last year.