RICHMOND, Va. -- Longwood University dropped a 6-1 women's tennis non-conference decision at the University of Richmond of the Atlantic 10 Conference Sunday afternoon at the Raintree Racquet Club in Richmond. Junior
Nicole Parker|Richmond earned the lone win for the Lancers (0-2) at No. 6 singles, defeating Georgina Pons Cano of the Spiders (1-3) in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Longwood will travel to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on Saturday, February 9 to play matches against host Navy of the Patriot League and Coppin State University of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, beginning at 9 a.m.
In the match-opening doubles competition, seniors
Marta Pinyol|Barcelona, Spain and
Allison Shulman|Richmond fell at No. 1 to Anna Abadias and Katya Salas, 8-3. Sophomore
Malin Allgurin|Varnamo, Sweden and junior
Sarah Moomau|Winchester fell at No. 2 to Alexandra Smyth and Melissa Kandinata, 8-1. Parker and senior
Hannah Hill|Portsmouth fell at No. 3 to Emily Gitman and Ripley Hartmeyer, 8-5.
In addition to the singles win at No. 6 by Parker, Pinyol fell at No. 1 to Kandinata, 6-0, 6-0. Allgurin fell at No. 2 to Abadias, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Shulman fell at No. 3 to Salas, 5-7, 6-4, 11-9. Moomau fell at No. 4 to Gitman, 6-1, 6-2. Hill fell at No. 5 to Smyth, 6-2, 2-1 retired.
“Today we played a top Atlantic 10 Conference team and really made them earn it out there,” said fifth-year head coach
Jakob Gustafsson. “I am happy with how we competed out there. I was especially happy to see our two crowd favorites, Allie and Nicole, step up and play two great matches. We are now looking forward to another tough challenge up at Navy.”
Doubles
1. Pinyol/Shulman lost to Abadias/Salas 8-3
2. Allgurin/Moomau lost to Smyth/Kandinata 8-1
3. Parker/Hill lost to Gitman/Hartmeyer 8-5
Singles
1. Pinyol lost to Kandinata 6-0, 6-0
2. Allgurin lost to Abadias 6-2, 7-6 (3)
3. Shulman lost to Salas 5-7, 6-4, 11-9
4. Moomau lost to Gitman 6-1, 6-2
5. Hill lost to Smyth 6-2, 2-1 retired
6. Parker beat Pons-Cano 6-0, 6-0
