Delaware Routs Saint Joseph's, 7-0

Sunday, February 11

Elkton Indoor Tennis

12:00 PM

University of Delaware

Saint Joseph's

2/11/2018 5:55:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Delaware Athletics

ELKTON, Md. – The Blue Hens picked up their first victory of the season Sunday by defeating Saint Joseph's, 7-0, at Elkton Indoor Tennis.

Delaware (1-3) opened the match by sweeping the team doubles point. Senior Arielle Shuren and freshman Sarah Whited kicked things off with the 6-0 win over Maureen Devlin and Katherine Devlin in the third slot.

Sophomore Brooke Pilkington and junior Sara Komer clinched the match in the top flight with a 6-1 decision against Amanda Nava and Isis Gill-Reid while junior Sarah Hall and senior Amanda Studnicki topped Laura Gomez and Lourdes Sprinckmoller, 6-2.

In singles play, Hall cruised to the 6-0, 6-0 victory against Gill-Reid in the fourth flight while Komer followed posted the 6-2, 6-1 decision over M. Devlin in No. 2 singles.

Pilkington captured the fourth point of the day for the Hens by picking up the 6-4, 6-3 top-flight singles win.

Junior Annie Jaskulski earned the 7-5, 6-2 victory versus Gomez in No. 3 singles while Whited dropped Sprinckmoller, 6-1, 6-2 in the fifth slot and junior Draga Sabotic collected the 6-0, 6-3 win over K. Devlin. in the sixth spot.

POST-MATCH QUOTES

Head coach Laura Travis

“Doubles really set the tone by getting us off to a great start today. Saint Joseph's is a young squad and despite the scores, they pushed us. We had answers and were mentally strong at every position.”

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

· Sunday, February 18 – Delaware at Lehigh – 2 p.m. – Lewis Indoor Tennis Center (Bethlehem, Pa.)

· Saturday, February 24 – Morgan State at Delaware – 7 p.m. – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.)

· Saturday, March 3 – Delaware at Navy – 11 a.m. – Tose Family Tennis Center at the Brigade Sports Complex (Annapolis, Md.)

MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Hayon, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 302-379-9182