SWEET BRIAR, Va. – The Sweet Briar College tennis team (8-3 4-0 ODAC) swept competition on Senior Day at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center with 7-0 wins over both the Trinity Washington University Tigers (0-2) and the Guilford College Quakers (6-4, 4-2 ODAC).
vs. Trinity Washington
All three of the doubles matches contested were won handily by scores of 6-0. Lima/Patino defeated Hsieh/Ware at No. 1, Guilarte/Minton took down Daodu/White at No. 2 and Bestwick/Cope completed the doubles sweep with a victory against Coy/Favila at No. 3.
The Vixens continued the momentum in singles play where, once again, not a single game was conceded to the Tigers.
Senior
Ana Patino (Medellín, Colombia) earned the No. 1 singles victory over Emily Hsieh while sophomore
Juli Caracciolo (Los Cardales, Argentina) defeated Sydney Ware at No. 2.
At No. 3, junior
Alex Guilarte (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) notched the straight-set victory over Sindy Favila and fellow junior
Lucia Bovard (Mount Pleasant, N.C.) saw a win against Kyliah White at No. 4.
First-year
Ari Cope (Richmond, Va.) and junior
Atty Bestwick (Durham, N.C.) helped Sweet Briar complete the sweep with wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.
vs. Guilford
The duo of Guilarte/Patino got the Vixens started on the right foot with a 6-0 win against Belnap/Mendez at No. 1 doubles with additional doubles wins earned by Lima/Minton (6-2) at No. 2 and Bestwick/Bovard (6-1) at No. 3.
Guilarte, Lima and Bovard all earned their singles wins thanks to perfect 6-0, 6-0 scores. Guilarte defeated Jolie Nhouyvanisvong at No. 3, Lima took down Amy Soto at No. 4 and Bovard saw her victory come against LaNiya Ward at No. 6.
Sophomore
Maggie Minton (Wytheville, Va.) only conceded a single game in her 6-1, 6-2 No. 5 singles victory over Bethany Lupo while Caracciolo nabbed a 6-0, 6-2 win against Erika Mendez at No. 2.
Rounding out the victories for the Vixens was Patino with her 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) take down of Ashley Belnap at the No. 1 spot.
Highlights
- Caracciolo, Guilarte, Lima, Minton and Patino all remain perfect in conference play with 3-0 records in singles.
- Sweet Briar has not lost a single match to Trinity Washington since 2018 and to Guilford since 2020.
What's Next
The Vixens will hit the road for matches at No. 26 Washington and Lee on March 27th and Randolph-Macon on March 28th.
Visit the online home of Sweet Briar athletics, vixenathletics.com, to stay up-to-date on all Vixens sports and coverage from the Vixen Sports Network. Click here to sign up for email blasts from Vixen Athletics.
You can also give the Sweet Briar Vixens a like on Facebook and follow us on Instagram, Threads and X (formerly Twitter).
