In their first home match of the season the Wright State women's tennis team handily beat the Chicago State Cougars by a team score of 7-0 on Friday night. With the win the Raiders start 1-0 on the season.
The Doubles teams went a combined 3-0 with wins coming from the pairings of
Madison Riley and
Haily Morgan,
Luisa Pelayo and
Grace Whitney, and
Andreea Craciun and
Jillian Milano. Madison and Morgan downed Goncharova and Borodina by a score of 6-2, Pelayo and Whitney won against Pukheva and Drazic by a score of 6-1, and Craciun and Milano beat Dejanovic and Shepard 7-5 after a back and forth match. In exhibition play the duo of
Anna Marie Reynolds and
Anna Jones pushed Morgoshia and Kuzminskaya to the limit but fell by a score of 7-5.
The team went perfect in singles play as well with wins coming from
Haily Morgan,
Luisa Pelayo,
Andreea Craciun,
Madison Riley,
Jillian Milano, and
Grace Whitney. In singles exhibition,
Anna Jones won in three sets and Anna Reynolds lost in three sets after winning the first and pushing the third set the distance.
Raider Head Coach
Eric Burns had this to say about the match, "I'm really proud of the way we competed today. Chicago State is an excellent team and really pushed us, but we were really tough mentally on the big points. This was a great way to start our season".
Raider Results
Doubles
Madison Riley/
Haily Morgan def. Goncharova/Borodina 6-2
Luisa Pelayo/
Grace Whitney def. Pukheva/Drazic 6-1
Andreea Craciun/
Jillian Milano def. Dejanovic/Shepherd 7-5
* Morgoshia/Kuzminskaya def. Â
Anna Marie Reynolds/
Anna Jones 7-5
Singles
Haily Morgan def. Anastasiia Goncharova 6-3, 6-1
Luisa Pelayo def. Katarina Drazic 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
Andreea Craciun def. Kristina Pukheva 7-6(4), 6-2
Madison Riley def. Diana Borodina 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Jillian Milano def. Iesha Shepherd 6-0, 6-1
Grace Whitney def. Liz Morgoshia 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
*
Anna Jones def. Andjeld Dejanovic 6-4, 10-8
*Mariia Kuzminskaya def.
Anna Marie Reynolds 5-7, 6-0, 11-9
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