Women’s Tennis conference tournament crown returns to Daytona
Alison Smalling, ERAU Athletics
April 23, 2012
Filed under Sports
For the third time in as many seasons, the Embry-Riddle women’s tennis team was awarded the Sun Conference tournament trophy following a 5-1 victory over No. 2 seed SCAD Savannah in the championship match of The Sun Conference tournament, Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The win was the 20th of the season for the second-ranked Eagles, who are now 20-3 on the year, while the 13th-ranked Bees move to 10-4 overall.
The first match off the court was at No. 3 doubles where Kristina Marova and Paola Montero blanked Ana Dominguez and Andrea Gonzalez 8-0. Rocio Frej Vitalle and Ekaterina Kamendova earned an 8-2 victory over Maria Barragan and Carolina Viteri at the No. 2 spot, but the Bees got a point back at No. 1 doubles when Theresa Schamus and Magdalena Bresson topped Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Strom 8-6.
Chen rebounded from the doubles setback to tally the first singles point for the Blue and Gold, downing Schmaus 6-4, 6-1. Marova extended the ERAU lead to 4-1 when she battled to a straight-set (6-2, 6-3) win over Viteri on court four.
The first set of the match at No. 3 singles between Kamendova and Barrigan went back and forth and in the end, it was Kamendova who held off the SCAD sophomore 7-5. Riding the momentum of her first set win, Kamendova rolled past Barrigan 6-0 in the second to score the clincher and seal the conference title for Embry-Riddle.
With the win, the Eagles secured an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships in Mobile, Ala., May 15-19. For the third time in as many seasons, the Embry-Riddle women’s tennis team was awarded the Sun Conference tournament trophy following a 5-1 victory over No. 2 seed SCAD Savannah in the championship match of The Sun Conference tournament, Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The win was the 20th of the season for the second-ranked Eagles, who are now 20-3 on the year, while the 13th-ranked Bees move to 10-4 overall.
The first match off the court was at No. 3 doubles where Kristina Marova and Paola Montero blanked Ana Dominguez and Andrea Gonzalez 8-0. Rocio Frej Vitalle and Ekaterina Kamendova earned an 8-2 victory over Maria Barragan and Carolina Viteri at the No. 2 spot, but the Bees got a point back at No. 1 doubles when Theresa Schamus and Magdalena Bresson topped Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Strom 8-6.
Chen rebounded from the doubles setback to tally the first singles point for the Blue and Gold, downing Schmaus 6-4, 6-1. Marova extended the ERAU lead to 4-1 when she battled to a straight-set (6-2, 6-3) win over Viteri on court four.
The first set of the match at No. 3 singles between Kamendova and Barrigan went back and forth and in the end, it was Kamendova who held off the SCAD sophomore 7-5. Riding the momentum of her first set win, Kamendova rolled past Barrigan 6-0 in the second to score the clincher and seal the conference title for Embry-Riddle.
With the win, the Eagles
secured an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships in
Mobile, Ala., May 15-19.
