SWEET BRIAR, Va. – The Sweet Briar College tennis team (7-3, 3-0 ODAC) was perfect today at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center, taking down both the Birmingham-Southern College Panthers (5-4, 0-0 SAA) and the Virginia Wesleyan University Marlins (1-3, 0-1 ODAC) by scores of 9-0.
The Vixens opened up the day with their clean slate against the Panthers in the morning. The doubles team of Kotany/I. Guilarte defeated Bentley/Lambert 8-0 while Bovard/A. Guilarte took down Giles/Weeks, 8-4. With only five players, Bestwick/Caro won their match by forfeit.
In singles play, senior
Nikhita Simhambhatla (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) won her No. 1 singles match in straight sets over Isabella Lambert.
Sophomore
Maria Caro (Bogota, Colombia) also performer well, conceding only one game in both sets to Anna Cate Weeks in her 6-1, 6-1 No. 3 singles victory.
Both
Alex Guilarte (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and first-year
Lucia Bovard (Mount Pleasant, N.C.) won their first sets by a score of 6-1 at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles flights, respectively. A. Guilarte would go on to win set two against Anna Beth Giles 6-3, while Bovard reigned victorious over Meg Griffins with a 6-4 second set win.
Senior
Kate Kotany (Erd, Hungary) faced off against Anna Marie Bentley at the No. 2 slot and won her match by scores of 6-3, 6-4.
First-year
Isa Chen (Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil) was awarded the win by forfeit at the No. 6 position.
Sweet Briar kept the momentum going in its second match of the day against conference opponents Virginia Wesleyan.
Kotany/I. Guilarte earned their second 8-0 doubles win of the day over Bibbo/Brown at the No. 3 slot while both de Souza/Wandling and Andrade/Patino earned 8-1 victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 flights, respectively.
In singles play, both senior
Sofia Andrade (Latacunga, Ecuador) and I. Guilarte earned perfect 6-0 wins. Andrade took down Kristina Abrams at the No. 5 slot while I. Guilarte defeated Maya Brown at the No. 6 slot.
Seniors
Ruth de Souza (Marilia, Brazil) and
Allison Wandling (Mechanicsville, Va.) won their matches by scores of 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots, respectively.
Sophomore
Ana Patino (Medellín, Colombia) earned the victory over Christine Zalameda in her No. 2 singles match by scores of 6-1, 6-4.
Wrapping up the perfect day for the Vixens was Kotany who earned a 7-6(7-2), 6-0 win over Shannon Lewes at the No. 4 slot.
Highlights
- With four victories today, Kotany becomes the third Vixen in program history to reach 100 career wins.
- Today marks the Vixens' third-straight 9-0 sweep of the Marlins.
- I. Guilarte has claimed at least one set victory in the last six dual matches.
What's Next
Sweet Briar will split the squad tomorrow with the team set for action at Roanoke tomorrow at 11 a.m. and at home against Ferrum at 12 p.m.
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