TORRINGTON, Conn. -- Right back at the Pinewoods Tennis Club for the second straight day due to rain in the surrounding area, Post University Women's Tennis struggled to keep pace with undefeated Jefferson University on Tuesday afternoon, getting swept by the Rams, 7-0, and falling to 0-12 overall on the season.
THE BASICS
Post University 0, Jefferson University 7
Post University (0-12, 0-9 CACC)
Jefferson University (10-0, 8-0 CACC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Junior
Ana Vasilis and senior
Gioia Turco remained out for today's match and are not expected to play tomorrow either, giving Jefferson the upper hand with the #3 Doubles and both the #5 and #6 Singles under their belt, resulting in a 2-0 lead with only one Doubles needed to capture that point as well. The Rams would do so quickly in the #1 Doubles with a 6-0 sweep of sophomores
Julie Merlin and
Laura Kotala with freshmen Madina Omarova and Marely Alvarado, and tack on a #2 Doubles win as well, 6-3, with senior Emily Frost and freshman Sophia Babar beating freshmen
Savannah Croft and
Vitalina Sokoliuk.
Freshman Anouk Oderkerk would get the green light in the #1 Singles for Jefferson, as would freshman Marta Vazquez for the #2 Singles, both of which would win over their respective opponents. For Oderkerk, it was a 6-0 and 6-1 win over Merlin, while Vazquez fought off Sokoliuk in set one, 6-3, before sweeping her 6-0 in set two.
A first-set sweep in the #4 Singles for Frost led to a two-set win for her over Croft, 6-0 and 6-2, while Baber took care of business in the #3 Singles against Kotala, 6-3 and 6-1, giving Jefferson their 7-0 sweep.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Dating back to last season, Post University has lost 15 straight matches and 20 of its previous 21 matches
- This is the first time since the 2011-12 season in which Post University has started the season at least 0-12, when they finished that season with a 0-12 record
- In the all-time series against Jefferson University, Post University has now lost 11 consecutive matches, including the last three by sweeps
- Three Post University players are still in search of their first win of the season as Savannah Croft looks to pick up her first collegiate Doubles win in tomorrow's season finale, while Vitalina Sokliuk still looks for her first Singles win, along with Laura Kotala
WHO'S NEXT
The fall season concludes for Post University tomorrow afternoon as they will be outdoors at the Edgewood Bath and Tennis Club in Middlebury, Connecticut, to take on Dominican (N.Y.) at 3:00 PM. Only taking on the Lady Chargers four days ago indoors, the Eagles fell 6-1 to them, snapping their two-game winning streak in the all-time series.
