Saturday, January 25
Philadelphia, PA /UPenn's Hecht Tennis Center
6:00 PM
Rutgers
4
at
3
Drexel
Photo by: Dustin Satloff
Tennis Picks Up Road Win at Drexel
Jan 25 | Women's Tennis
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Ā ā Rutgers tennis battled to a hard fought road victory over Drexel at the Hecht Tennis Center on Saturday evening. The Scarlet Knights took the team doubles point and three singles victories to secure the 4-3 win.
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RU moved to 2-0 on the season after opening the year on Friday with a 6-1, home win over Army.
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Rutgers swept the doubles matchups with identical 6-4 for marks across all three matches. The duo of Maya Jacobs and Jaci Cochrane posted the first win at the No. 3 spot over Drexel's Salma Ziouti and Sarka Richeterova. At the No. 2 spot, the pair of Tess Fisher and Sydney Kaplan kept the momentum rolling, topping opponents Ghita Benhadi and Marta Martinez to capture a 1-0 lead in the contest.
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Sydney Jones and Kristiana Zahare teamed up at the No. 1 spot, adding a win of their own to round out the doubles action.
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The energy from winning doubles carried the Scarlet Knights through a tight battle in singles. Cochrane led things off with a straight set (6-0, 6-0) win at the No. 5 spot, marking the second consecutive match she contributed the first singles win of the day.
Although Drexel added the next win at the No. 1 spot, Zahare locked in a 7-5, 6-1 victory at the No. 6 slot to extend RU's lead to 3-1.
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Jacobs then clinched the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win at the No. 2 spot for RU, pushing the Scarlet Knights to a 2-0 record to start the year.
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Rutgers travels to Providence, Rhode Island, for matches against Brown (Feb. 1) and University of Rhode Island (Feb. 2).
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RU moved to 2-0 on the season after opening the year on Friday with a 6-1, home win over Army.
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| DOUBLES |
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Sydney Jones and Kristiana Zahare teamed up at the No. 1 spot, adding a win of their own to round out the doubles action.
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| SINGLES |
Although Drexel added the next win at the No. 1 spot, Zahare locked in a 7-5, 6-1 victory at the No. 6 slot to extend RU's lead to 3-1.
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Jacobs then clinched the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win at the No. 2 spot for RU, pushing the Scarlet Knights to a 2-0 record to start the year.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
33
66
#2 Singles Match
12
67
45
#3 Singles Match
12
62
76
#4 Singles Match
123
748
5610
#5 Singles Match
12
66
00
#6 Singles Match
12
76
51
Order of Finish:
5,1,6,2,3,4
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