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Duquesne Takes Down George Mason, Rhode Island Knocks Off Dayton to Earn Spot in Quarterfinals

ORLANDO, Fla. – Seventh-seeded Duquesne rattled off four singles victories to defeat No. 10 George Mason, 4-1, in Wednesday's first round match at USTA National Campus. With the win, the Dukes will face No. 2 Massachusetts, who earned a first round by in the A-10 Women's Tennis Championship.

 

Duquesne won the top spot in doubles 6-2, but George Mason battled back winning two at the No. 2 and No. 3 position.  Scarlett Walston and Olivia Lacy-Thompson took the win at the No. 2 spot 6-4 over Megan Wasson and Laurel Shymansky. Partners, Morgan Yang and Nicole Haigwood took third doubles in a tiebreaker, giving George Mason the doubles win.

 

Kylie Isaacs garnered the first singles point for Duquesne downing her Mason opponent 6-2,6-0. The Dukes continued to dominate on the court as Juliane Herman took a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 2 and Laurel Shymansky defeated Nicole Haigwood at No. 6, 6-1, 6-3. Aishwarya Kona had the match clinching point with her 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 5 over Olivia Lacy-Thompson.

 

Duquesne and Massachusetts have yet to meet this season.

 

#7 DUQUESNE def. #10 GEORGE MASON, 4-1

 

SINGLES

  1. Kylie Isaacs (DUQ) def. Sydney Green (MASON), 6-2,6-0
  2. Julianne Herman (DUQ) def. Morgan Yang (MASON), 6-1,6-1
  3. Megan Wasson (DUQ) vs. Scarlett Walston (MASON), 1-6, 4-4 (DNF)
  4. Ally Miller (DUQ) vs. Rachel Lee (MASON), 1-6, 4-3 (DNF)
  5. Aishwarya Kona (DUQ) def. Olivia Lacy-Thompson (MASON), 6-1, 6-2
  6. Laurel Shymansky (DUQ) def. Nicole Haigwood (MASON), 6-1, 6-3

Order of Finish: 1,2,6,5

 

DOUBLES

  1. Kylie Isaacs/Julianne Herman (DUQ) def. Sydney Green/Rachel Lee (MASON), 6-2
  2. Scarlett Walston/Olivia Lacy-Thompson (MASON) def. Megan Wasson/Laurel Shymansky (DUQ), 6-4
  3. Morgan Yang/Nicole Haigwood (MASON) def. Ally Miller/Zuzanna Stelmaszak (DUQ), 7-6 (4)

Order of Finish: 1,2,3

ORLANDO, Fla. – The 11th seeded Rhode Island Rams defeated No. 6 Dayton Flyers, 4-3, on Wednesday at the USTA National Campus in the opening round of play in the A-10 Women's Tennis Championship.

 The Rams took the doubles point as the pair of Emily Zangram and Rachel Smilansky recorded the win at No. 1 doubles 7-5, and Tiara Higuchi and Mihaela Codreanu won 7-6.

 In a back-and-forth match, the Rams proved victorious in No. 5 singles as Rhode Island's Ariel Haber defeated Dayton's Natalie Allen by a score of 7-5, 7-6, to take the match by a final of 4-3.

 With the win, Rhode Island advanced to face No. 3 Fordham at 9:00 am on Friday, April 28.

 #11RHODE ISLAND def. #6 DAYTON, 4-3 

SINGLES

  1. Mihaela Codreanu (URI) def. Marlys Bridgham (UD), 6-0, 6-2
  2. Alex Townsend (UD) def. Emily Zargham (URI), 6-1, 6-2
  3. Rachel Smilansky (URI) def. Mattea Kilstofte (UD), 6-3, 6-4
  4. Jade Kawamoto (UD) def. Tiara Higuchi (URI), 6-2, 3-6, 1-2 (Ret.)
  5. Ariel Haber (URI) def. Natalie Allen (UD), 7-5, 7-6
  6. Jackie Kawamoto (UD) def. Jordan Rucks (URI), 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES

  1. Emily Zargham/Rachel Smilansky (URI) def. Jade Kawamoto/Mandy Marchant (UD), 7-5
  2. Tiara Higuchi/Mihaela Codreanue (URI) def. Marlys Bridgham/Mattea Kilsofte (UD), 7-6 
  3. Alex Townsend/Natalie Allen (UD) def. Ariel Haber/Jordan Rucks (URI), 6-2