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Seton Hall
Huskies Grab BIG EAST Win over Seton Hall
2/27/2022 5:49:00 PM | Women's Tennis
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn women's tennis team faced their first BIG EAST opponent of the spring season and came away with a 6-1 win over Seton Hall at the Magic Lincer Tennis Club in Manchester.
The win evens the Huskies record at 3-3 in dual match play this spring. "This was a really good win over our first Big East opponent of the season," commented Director of Tennis Glenn Marshall. "We were excited to get back on the court and start our conference play today and the kids came ready and prepared in both singles and doubles."
The Huskies got things rolling with the doubles point, thanks to wins at No. 2 and No. 3. The tandem of sophomore Aleksandra Karamyshev (Ashton, Md.) and freshman Isabel Petri Bere (Lund, Sweden) posted a 6-3 win over Chloe Hamlin and Aina Plana Ventosa at No. 2. The duo are now a team-best 12-6 on the season together. The Huskies clinched it at No. 3 with juniors Denise Lai (Setauket, N.Y.) and Caroline Cook (Naples, Fla.) earning a 6-4 win over Hiba El Khalifi and Oliwa Kempinski.
"We opened the match with some quality doubles winning at number two and three to get the doubles point. That momentum carried us into singles where we got off to good starts on most all of the courts."
UConn took five of the six singles matches with senior Julieanne Bou (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) setting the tone at No. 1 with a hard fought 6-4, 6-3 win over Arina Gumerova. Sophomore Leonnie Hoppe (Munich, Germany) followed suit with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 2 over Hamlin.
The Huskies got a pair of three-set wins from Cook and Petri Bere. At No. 4, Cook won 7-5 in the first over Arabella Moen, dropped the second 6-2 but rebounded for a 6-4 win in the third to post her third-straight win. Petri Bere lost her first set with El Khalifi, 6-4, but fought her way to a 7-6 (1), 10-8 win.
Lai needed to fight back from being down 5-2 in the first set, battling to a 7-5, 6-3 win, here third-straight win.
"I am really pleased with the entire team's effort today and proud of how they competed against a very good Big East opponent." The Huskies return to the court on Wednesday, March 2nd hosting Sacred Heart at Magic Lincer Tennis Club at 1 pm.
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