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Yellowjackets Roll to Fourth in a Row; Stop Nazareth 9-0

Yellowjackets Roll to Fourth in a Row; Stop Nazareth 9-0

From University of Rochester Athletics

With nine different people posting a win in either singles or doubles, the University of Rochester advanced to a 9-0 victory over Nazareth College in women's tennis on Thursday afternoon.

It is the fourth straight victory for the Yellowjackets. Rochester is 10-4 overall. And it was a triumphant return to the Goergen Athletic Center courts after playing five straight on visiting courts.

For Nazareth, the loss snaps a two-game winning streak and evens the season record at 8-8. The Golden Flyers won six of seven in the fall. The win streak was snapped in mid-October by Stevens Institute. Nazareth lost three times in Hilton Head, SC before righting itself with a 6-3 win vs. Stockton University (at Hilton Head) and then defeating RIT, 7-2 at the end of March.

UR won the first two doubles matches in one-sided fashion. Camila Garcia and Lauren Zickar combined for an 8-1 win over Marisa Joyce and Allison Friends at #1. Sravya Gudipudi and Bianca Dyer paired for an 8-0 win at #2, defeating Jean McCarthy and Elizabeth Karstedt. Rochester's Mariana Flores Kim and Alyssa Chaneski held off a stiff challenge from Jackie Lisak and Maelah Nadeau at #3, 8-6.

In the singles matches, Alex Wolkoff defeated Friends at #2, 6-2, 6-0. Gudipudi clinched the team victory with a 6-2, 6-2 win against McCarthy at #1. The remaining singles matches finished in order: Abbey Reinhart won at #3 against Joyce, 6-3, 6-1. Darby McCall posted a 6-2, 6-4 win against Karstedt at #4. Flores Kim defeated Maelah Nadeau, 6-1, 6-2 at #5, and Dyer was a 6-1, 6-3 winner at #6 facing Aliana Burgos.