MURFREESBORO, N.C. – Longwood men’s and women’s tennis took care of business on the road on Sunday afternoon. The teams each took out Chowan 4-0.
SCORES:
Men’s Singles
No. 1: LWU Yoav Weinberg over Nikola Cvetanovic 6-1, 6-3
No. 2: LWU Timeo Puech over Santino Jose Sormani 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 LWU Luis Reis vs. Anesu Kwirirai 6-2, 6-5 DNF
No. 4 LWU Lukas Krause over Hesley Masara 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 LWU Alejandro Uribe vs. Michael Correa 3-0, DNF
No. 6 LWU Gary Huang vs. Alvaro Juscamaita DNS
Men’s Doubles
No. 1: LWU Guillermo Cagigas/Luis Reis over Hesley Masara/Anesu Kwirirai 6-2
No. 2: LWU Timeo Puech/Yoav Weinberg over Santino Jose Sormani/Nikola Cvetanovic 6-4
No. 3: LWU Gary Huang/Alejandro Uribe over Michael Correa/Alvaro Juscamaita 6-4
Women’s Singles
No. 1: LWU Karina Rizvanova over Maria Estinvil 6-2, 6-1
No. 2: LWU Wiktoria Czerny over Feidi Abreu Rodrigue 6-3, 6-0
No. 3: LWU Nina Hederich over Manuela Jimenez 6-3, 6-2
No. 4: LWU Zoe Barton vs. Valentina Domenicone 7-6 (7-2), 0-1, DNF
No. 5: LWU Alexis Broderick vs. Micayah Porter 0-3, DNF
No. 6: LWU Mahika Gupta vs. Sreshta Puducheri DNS
Women’s Doubles
No. 1: LWU Karina Rizvanova/Emma Nurgazieva over Maria Estinvil/Manuela Jimenez 6-3
No. 2: LWU Wiktoria Czerny/Nina Hederich over Feidi Abreu Rodrigue/Valentina Domenicone 6-1
No. 3: LWU Zoe Barton/Alexis Broderick over Sreshta Puducheri/Micayah Porter 6-3
HOW IT HAPPENED:
On the men’s side, Longwood (3-2) cruised after all three doubles pairings won their matches to clinch the doubles point.
In singles, Yoav Weinberg played at No. 1 singles for the first time this spring and smoothly sailed past Nikola Cvetanovic 6-1, 6-3.
Timeo Puech took care of business at No. 2 singles as well, with a 6-2, 6-4 score line.
Luka Krause gave the Lancers the final point necessary for the win with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles.
On the women’s side, all three doubles pairings again took care of business for Longwood (3-4), and the Lancers won their third straight.
Karina Rizvanova played at No. 1 singles for the first time in the spring to earn a 6-2, 6-1 win.
Wiktoria Czerny got stronger as the match went on at No. 2 singles. After taking the opening set 6-3, she cruised to a 6-0 win in the second set.
Nine Hederich finished the win off with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles.
WHAT THEY SAID:
“Both teams played well and had good energy on the court today,” said Director of Tennis Adam Jackson. “We hope to carry some of this momentum into a tough part of the schedule this week.”
UP NEXT:
The Lancer women’s team hosts Richmond on Wednesday at 2 p.m. before traveling to UNC Wilmington and Coastal Carolina this weekend on Saturday and Sunday.
The Lancer men are on the road at UNC Wilmington on Saturday and Sunday as well.
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