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Sweet Briar, Va. — The University of Lynchburg women’s tennis team completed an undefeated run through singles play and added three doubles victories at the Battle of Blue Ridge, hosted by Sweet Briar College, on Friday at the Dennis Van Der Meer Tennis Courts.
The Hornets earned nine singles victories, with eight coming in straight sets. Giovana Gaboardi opened her tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sweet Briar’s Senica Bowers, while Kayla Kosiorek defeated Sweet Briar’s Emilie Conover by the same score.
Marina Foureaux topped Guilford’s McKenna Merritt 6-0, 6-2, and Isabella Ascencio earned a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Randolph-Macon’s Elizabeth Key. Megan Tinsley and Isabela Florez each recorded shutout victories. Tinsley defeated Guilford’s Zara Goolsby 6-0, 6-0, while Florez earned a 6-0, 6-0 result against Randolph-Macon’s Shaylin Diggs.
Sarah Wood surrendered only two games in a 6-1, 6-1 win over Shenandoah’s Piseth Nith. Kamerin East added a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Randolph-Macon’s Jordan Stallings. Maggie Wonderling also earned a singles win after Sweet Briar’s Lila Mathews retired.
Tinsley and Wonderling led Lynchburg’s doubles efforts with two victories. The pair defeated Randolph-Macon’s Campbell Andrulot and S. Tchantouridze 6-3 before posting a 6-0 win over Sweet Briar’s Ana Manjarres and Elliot Winwood.
Foureaux and Gaboardi added a 6-0 doubles victory against Sweet Briar’s Bowers and Heidi Maeve Duncan. The Lynchburg duo also fell 6-3 to Randolph-Macon’s Meckenzie Letellier and Victoria Updike. Ascencio and Florez dropped two doubles contests, falling 6-2 to Guilford’s Carolina Dirk and Brooke Tsuei and 6-3 to Shenandoah’s Samantha Calvert and Olivia Guzzo.
Next up, Lynchburg will take on Southern Virginia for its first regular season competition of the year on Thursday, October 8 at 3 p.m. in Buena Vista, Va.
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