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St. John's Women's Tennis Defeats Villanova, 6-1
3/25/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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FLUSHING, N.Y. - The Red Storm women's tennis team returned home on Friday afternoon and downed BIG EAST foe Villanova, 6-1. The Johnnies improved to 5-0 at home and 3-0 in conference play.
The Red Storm (8-4, 3-0 BIG EAST) started the match in dominating fashion, as Natallia Vavulina and Zofia Stanisz earned a 6-0 victory at the No. 1 doubles spot. At the No. 3 doubles position, Anna Morozova and Jaide Collins were victorious defeating Paulina Bajet and Linley Busby, 6-2, to clinch the doubles point. Stephanie Elgegren and Delia Arranz moved to 9-3 in doubles play after a 6-2 victory at the No. 3 doubles spot.
Morozova began the singles portion of play by taking the opening-match 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 2 position. She improves her record to 19-5 this season with the two victories on Friday afternoon. Arranz, a freshman from Spain, earned a 6-3, 6-0 triumph at the No. 6 singles position. At the No. 1 singles spot, Vavulina sealed the victory for the Red Storm recording a straight-sets victory over Tori Smyth. The Minsk, Belarus native now has 20 wins on the season and only four losses.
At the No. 4 singles position, Stanisz recorded a 6-4, 7-5 victory and Olaya Inclan took down Samantha Schafer in straight-sets at the No. 5 singles position. Inclan is now 7-1 in her last eight completed singles matches. The Red Storm has now won 13 of its last 14 regular season conference matches.
St. John's will head back on the road as it travels to New York's capital to take on the University at Albany on April 2, with first serve slated for 1 p.m.
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RESULTS
St. John's 6, Villanova 1
Singles
1. Natallia Vavulina (SJUWT) def. Tori Smyth (VU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Anna Morozova (SJUWT) def. Victoria Martinez (VU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Lindsey Evans (VU) def. Irina Preotescu (SJUWT) 7-5, 3-6, 10-6
4. Zofia Stanisz (SJUWT) def. Paulina Bajet (VU), 6-4, 7-5
5. Olaya Inclan (SJUWT) def. Samantha Schafer (VU), 7-6 (3), 6-3
6. Delia Arranz (SJUWT) def. Alexandra Krogius (VU), 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
1. Natallia Vavulina/Zofia Stanisz (SJUWT) def. Tori Smyth/Lindsey Evans (VU), 6-0
2. Stephanie Elgegren/Delia Arranz (SJUWT) def. Victoria Martinez/Sydney King (VU), 6-2
3. Anna Morozova/Jaide Collins (SJUWT) def. Paulina Bajet/Linley Busby (VU), 6-2
Match notes
St. John's, 8-4
Villanova, 5-7
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,6,1,4,5,3)
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