Army Tops Navy to Head to PL Championship

Saturday, April 27

Lewisburg, Pa.

2 PM

Army West Point

Navy (Semifinals)

Kirby Einck clinched the victory over Navy to send Army back to the Patriot League Championship match

Army Tops Navy to Head to PL Championship

April 27, 2019 | Women's Tennis

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The third-seeded Army West Point women's tennis team came back after dropping the doubles point to capture a 4-2 victory over service-academy rival Navy in the Patriot League Semifinals at the Central Pennsylvania Tennis Center on Saturday.

The Black Knights improved to 21-7 on the year, while the Mids capped their season with a record of 23-9.

After dropping the doubles point, rookie Stephanie Dolehide cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the No. 4 singles position to tie the match at one apiece. The two sides split the next two points in the third and fifth flights before sophomore Ana Joyner put the Black Knights ahead with a win in the No. 1 position. Senior captain Kirby Einck closed out the match and sent the Black knights to their second consecutive Patriot League Championship appearance with a three-set victory in the second flight to clinch the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles (Order: 4, 3, 5, 1, 2)

Ana Joyner def. Ansofi Wreder, 6-4, 6-4
Kirby Einck def. Kaylah Hodge, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
Annalise Klopfer def. Caroline Vincent, 6-1, 6-4
Stephanie Dolehide def. Meghana Komarraju, 6-0, 6-1
Paola Bou def. Katreina Corpuz, 6-3, 6-2
Genevieve McCormick vs. Kacey Moore, 3-6, 6-4, 3-5 DNF

Doubles (Order: 2, 1, 3)

Amanda Cyr/Kaylah Hodge def. Stephanie Dolehide/Caroline Vincent, 6-2
Sam DiMaio/Kirby Einck def. Aimee Dervishian/Annalise Klopfer, 6-4
Katreina Corpuz/Meghana Komarraju def. Paola Bou/Genevieve McCormick, 6-4

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights improved to 10-4 in the all-time series with Navy and 6-1 in postseason matches.
Army moved to 2-5 when dropping the doubles point in 2019.
The Cadets have won 21 of their 25 Patriot League semifinals in the program's history.
Einck tallied her 69th career singles victory, moving into a tie with Carolyn Pitman and Diana Alquero for ninth on Army's all-time list.
The Geneva, Ill., native is the only Cadet to win both of her singles and doubles matches of the tournament.
She earned her 76th career doubles win to move within one of Margaret Iliev and Nancy Porter for ninth in program history.
Bou notched her second singles victory of the weekend.
The Bayamon, P.R., native became the first Army player to reach 20 singles wins this season.
DiMaio added her team-leading 20th doubles victory of the year.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will square off against top-seeded Boston University in the Patriot League Championship match on Sunday at noon from the Central Pennsylvania Tennis Center.