Women’s Tennis Splits Opener with Akron and Cincinnati

Saturday, January 18

Akron, OH

9 AM

Army West Point

University of Akron

Women’s Tennis Splits Opener with Akron and Cincinnati

January 18, 2020 | Women's Tennis

AKRON, OHIO –Army women's tennis opened the 2020 season with a 1-1 split. After opening the day with a setback to Cincinnati, the Black Knights fought back for a 6-1 win over Akron.

MATCH 1: Cincinnati 7, Army 0

In doubles action, Army's Caroline Vincent and Stephanie Dolehide picked up a nice 6-2 victory over UC's Ioana Guna and Caroline Morton in the No. 1 double bout. Army dropped the other two double matchups.

With Cincinnati leading 1-0, the match moved over to singles action. Army's Ana Joyner battled tough in the No. 1 matchup, where she eventually fell 10-8 in the tiebreaker set. Elizabeth Gilbert also forced a three-set match-up and fell in the third set, 7-5. Maryjo Pidgeon also fought in a three-set matchup in the No. 5 bout, eventually falling 6-3 in the third set.

DOUBLES
Caroline Vincent/Stephanie Dolehide (Army) def. Ioana Guna/Caroline Morton (UC), 6-2
Alexia Coutino/Emma Miceli (UC) def. Paola Bou/Sophie McKenzie (Army), 6-2
Kelli Niehaus/Anna Philp (UC) def. Hannah Boubel/Sasha Inchauste, 7-6 (5)

SINGLES
Ioana Guna def. Ana Joyner (Army), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-8
Caroline Monton def. Stephanie Dolehide (Army), 6-2, 7-6 (7)
Alexia Coutino def. Elizabeth Gilbert (Army), 4-6, 6-0, 7-5
Emma Miceli def. Caroline Vincent (Army), 6-2, 6-1
Kelli Niehaus def. Maryjo Pidgeon (Army), 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Maria Santilli def. Danna Funaro (Army), 4-1

MATCH 2: Army 6, Akron 1

Army West Point took two of the three doubles matches to pick up the first point of the match. Boubel and Inchauste earned a 7-5 win in the No. 2 matchup, while Bou and Sam DiMaio cranked out a 6-1 victory.

In singles action, Joyner earned a 6-3, 7-5 victory in the No. 1 matchup. Also picking up win was DiMaio in the No. 3 matchup (7-6 (3), 6-3), Boubel in the No. 4 bout (6-3, 7-6 (5)), McKenzie at No. 5 (6-4, 7-5) and Loureiro at No. 6 (6-4, 6-4).

DOUBLES
Jemi Aguilar/Anna Ujanov (Akron) def. Caroline Vincent/Stephanie Dolehide (Army), 6-4
Hannah Boubel/Sasha Inchauste (Army) def. Rita Pedroso/Claudia Rosas (Akron), 7-5
Paola Bou/Sam DiMaio (Army) def. Enya Forgaci/Aliona Kruglov (Akron), 6-1

SINGLES
Ana Joyner (Army) def. Anna Ujanov (Akron), 6-3, 7-5
Claudia Rosas (Akron) def. Paola Bou, 6-1, 6-2
Sam DiMaio (Army) def. Rita Pedroso (Akron), 7-6 (3), 6-3
Hannah Boubel (Army) def. Jemi Aguilar, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Sophie McKenzie (Army) def. Enya Forgaci, 6-4, 7-5
Anna Loureiro (Army) def. Aliona Kruglov, 6-4, 6-4