WILMINGTON, Del. -- As the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament lurks closer and closer, each match becomes more pivotal for Post University Women's Tennis as they look to sneak their way into the fourth spot of the tournament. Heading into the day facing undefeated Wilmington University on the road, the Eagles had four conference matches left and sat at 1-5 in conference play, just one game back in the loss column to Jefferson University who owns the tiebreaker over them and two games back in the loss column against Goldey-Beacom College, but also currently owns the tiebreaker.

With the 7-0 loss to the Wildcats today, Post sits three games back of the Lightning with three left and pending the Jefferson-Dominican (N.Y) matchup still in progress could be either one or two games back of the Rams with three matches remaining. 

THE BASICS

Post University 0, Wilmington University 7

Post University (2-10, 1-6 CACC)

Wilmington University (7-0, 7-0 CACC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior Kushi Khandoji and freshman Liza Sylka took care of business in the #3 Doubles to start the day, defeating freshman Melanie Leussink and junior Gioia Turco in a straight 6-0 sweep while freshman Molly Calerg and junior Gloria Barcaro followed close behind in the #2 Doubles with a 6-1 win over freshman Annelein Van Urk and senior Nina Langenfeld, securing the Doubles point for the Wildcats.

Freshmen Ming-Fu Chen and Ines Oliveira finished off the Doubles sweep with their #1 Doubles victory over freshman Julie Merlin and senior Megan Lombardt, 6-3, as Wilmington led 1-0 heading into Singles play.

Chen would capture the first win of the Singles for the Wildcats in the #5 bout with freshman Romy Leussink in a pair of 6-0 set wins while the #1 Singles featuring Carlberg followed close behind that with 6-1 and 6-0 set wins over Lombardt. The #3 and #6 Singles would both finish with identical score lines as Sylka defeated Langenfeld and Oliveira took down Melanie Leussink with a pair of 6-0 and 6-2 finishes.

Wrapping up the 7-0 sweep for the Wildcats would be freshman Siena MacDonald in the #2 Singles over Merlin, 6-2 and 6-1, followed by Khandoji over Van Urk in the #4 Singles, 6-0 and 6-4. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• With her win in the #4 Singles against Annelein Van Urk, Kushi Shandoji moves to 7-0 in Singles matches this year for Wilmington University 
• Post University falls to 0-10 on the season when they lose the Doubles point of a match – The Eagles are 2-0 when winning the Doubles point
• This is the seventh time this year in which Post University has been swept in a match -- It is the most for a single season since the 2013-14 season in which they were swept 11 times in 11 matches 
• Post University has dropped their last eight matchups against Wilmington University, last beating the Wildcats during the 2019-20 season, 5-2, at home

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University will head into a crucial part of their regular season schedule with a matchup against Chestnut Hill College on their home court at the Edgewood Bath and Tennis Club in Middlebury, Connecticut at 3:00 PM on Wednesday afternoon. In their road matchup against the Griffins back on September 21st, the Eagles were swept, 7-0, en route to their 0-5 start to the season before picking up a win in their next match against Molloy University.