March 6, 2019

UT Cruises to Third Straight Tennis Win

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa tennis team found its way to an easy victory over visiting Davis & Elkins College on Wednesday afternoon.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa Spartans 7, Davis & Elkins Senators 0
Records: Tampa (4-2), Davis & Elkins (2-5)
Location: Naimoli & Young Family Athletic Complex | Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series: This marked the first-ever meeting between the NCAA Division II opponents.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

UT took all three doubles contests along with each of the six singles events.
The top doubles team of Caroline Lozo and Dakota Busch played to a 6-1 win.
Tampa took the two and three matches by 6-0 scores from Corbin Dorsey and Nicoline Palmgren and Amanda Baxter and Kayla Heller.
Vanina Iordanova won the center-court match 6-1, 6-1.
Dorsey played two singles and took the 6-1, 6-1 triumph.
Maddie Stephens won three by scores of 7-5, 6-1.
The four match went to Lozo by straight-set scores of 6-2, 6-2.
Amanda Baxter and Giulia Tatini each blanked their opponents 6-0, 6-0 in the five and six events respectively.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Stephens ranks fifth all-time with 37 career singles wins as she now needs two wins to match Jenelle Morgan for fourth.
Lilley Nice is also in the top-10 with 31 career singles victories.
Stephens is fourth in UT history with 38 doubles wins while Nice is seventh at 32.
This marked the Spartan debut for graduate student Heller, who won at number three doubles.
Baxter and Tatini appeared in the Spartan lineup for the first time this season.

UP NEXT:
Tampa plays again Thursday at home against Saginaw Valley State University at 3 p.m.

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