The UMBC women's tennis team completed a three-match sweep of
holiday weekend matches when the Retrievers blanked both America
East rival Albany and local foe Morgan State in a double-header on
April 7.
The Retrievers improved to 13-7 on the spring with the three
wins in a 24-hour span.
Against the Great Danes, UMBC dropped only four games in doubles
and victories at the Nos. 3 and 2 slots secured the doubles
point.
In singles, junior Kyri Hadji (West
Sunshine, Australia) got the Retrievers off to a hot start
when she shut out Francine White (6-0, 6-0) at the No. 6 position.
Sophomore Josefin
Stange-Jonsson (Vasteras, Sweden) earned point No. 3 for
the Retrievers when she outlasted Aubrey Brooks, 6-2, 6-4 and
graduate student Shalini Sahoo
(New Dehli, India) clinched the match as she defeated Livia
Gherman, 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 position.
In the afternoon, UMBC wrapped up the doubles point when senior
Carmen
Jackman (Silver Spring, Md./Blake) combined with Hadji to
defeat Jasmine Edwards and Tifffany Hughes, 8-1, at the No. 2 slot.
UMBC's No. 3 tandem had won by default.
UMBC's Swedish duo of Heidi
Danielsson (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Stange-Jonsson
registered points 3 and 4 for the hosts to clinch the match.
After Morgan State defaulted at No. 6 singles,
Danielsson only had to win one game before the Bears' Edwards
retired in the No. 3 position. Stange-Jonsson then blanked
Stephanie Henry, 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 4 hole to capture the
cross-town contest.
The Retrievers remain at home and will
welcome Richmond to the courts on April 10.