SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University women's tennis team pushed its season-opening win streak to three with an 8-1 win over Catholic on Friday.
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The No. 1 doubles team of Veronica Cuellar and Katherine Tamesis fell behind 2-1 early to Liv Sensenbrenner and Brooke Simonson but rattled off seven-straight points to take the 8-2 win.
- The teams of Sarah Dover and Elizabeth Christine, and Hannah Carter and Sarah Cooper each rolled to 8-0 sweeps in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles respectively.
- Tamesis, Christine and Zeca Eze continued the momentum from the doubles matches with 6-0, 6-0 sweeps in No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6 singles respectively.
- Cooper and Carter also picked up sweeps in No. 4 and No. 5 singles. Cooper tallied a 6-2, 6-0 win in fourth singles while Carter cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win in fifth singles.
- Dover fought back from a 6-4 first set loss to tie the match at one and force the super tiebreaker with a 7-6 come-from-behind win in the second set against Brooke Simonson. The third-set tiebreaker went against Dover as she fell 10-6 in the final set.
UP NEXT
- Salisbury wraps up its four-match homestand against the Stevens Ducks on Saturday, March 5.
- The match is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 186 conference championships and 41 Academic All-Americans.
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