Tennis Earns Wins Over Seton Hall and LIU in Friday Doubleheader

Friday, February 10

East Brunswick, N.J.

11:00 AM

Rutgers

Seton Hall

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Tennis Earns Wins Over Seton Hall and LIU in Friday Doubleheader

Feb 10 | Women's Tennis

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EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Rutgers tennis team (6-1) earned two wins in its doubleheader on Friday, Feb. 10 with a 6-1 victory over Seton Hall (2-3) and a 4-0 sweep of LIU (3-2).

The Scarlet Knights won the doubles point in both matches in addition to eight singles wins.

"I am very proud of the physical and mental effort that this group gave," said head coach Hilary Ritchie. "What I love about these types of wins are all eight players were involved and everyone was competing hard and supporting one another. I think it puts us in a really good position leading up to our match on Sunday but also the following week."

Rutgers 6, Seton Hall 1

Doubles

Rutgers dominated in doubles, earning wins on the first two courts to clinch the point.

Tara Chilton and Mai Nguyen picked up a 6-1 win in the first spot before the pair of Arina Valitova and Jackeline Lopez secured their sixth doubles win, 6-1, of the season to clinch the first point of the day.

Singles

The Scarlet Knights followed up with strong play in singles, winning five of six matches.

Chloe Brown quickly got the team out to a 2-0 lead with straight set victory at the No. 4 spot, 6-2, 6-1. Chilton gave RU three points with another solid win (6-2, 6-3) and Daira Cardenas clinch the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win on the final court.

Nguyen (6-2, 6-4) and Jackeline Lopez (6-3, 6-1) both also earned wins at the No. 3 and No. 6 spots, respectively, to secure the 6-1 match win for Rutgers.

Results

Doubles
1. Tara Chilton/Mai Nguyen (RU) def. Arina Gumerova/Hili Krozen (SHU) 6-1
2. Arina Valitova/Jackeline Lopez (RU) def. Arabella Moen/Emily O'Donovan (SHU) 6-1
3. Minchae Kim/Daira Cardenas (RU) vs. Oliwia Kempinski/Anastasia Petrova (SHU) 4-2, unfinished

Singles
1. Jackeline Lopez (RU) def. Arina Gumerova (SHU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Tara Chilton (RU) def. Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Mai Nguyen (RU) def. Oliwia Kempinski (SHU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Chloe Brown (RU) def. Emily O'Donovan (SHU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Hiba El Khalifi (SHU) def. Minchae Kim (RU) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
6. Daira Cardenas (RU) def. Anastasia Petrova (SHU) 6-1, 6-4

Rutgers 4, LIU 0

Doubles

Rutgers dominated in doubles once again, securing the point with wins on the first two courts.

The duos of Chilton/Nguyen (6-2) and Valitova/Lopez (6-1) continued their strong play in the first two lineup spots, improving to 2-0 on the day with victories.

Singles

The Scarlet Knights played to clinch in singles, collecting three victories to secure the second match win of the day.

Chilton on the second court (6-0, 6-3) and Brown on the sixth (6-2, 6-3) started things off with a pair of straight sets wins to put the team ahead, 3-0. Valitova secured the match win for RU with a win on the fifth court (6-3, 6-3) to stay a perfect 5-0 on the spring season.

Results

Doubles
1. Tara Chilton/Mai Nguyen (RU) def. Victoria Erechtchenko/Saki Oyama (LIU) 6-2
2. Arina Valitova/Jackeline Lopez (RU) def. Elinor Storkaas/Leo Boissaeu (LIU) 6-1
3. Amira Badawi/Chloe Brown (RU) vs. Kate Jorjoliani/Marion Deloziere (LIU) 5-2, unfinished

Singles
1. Jackeline Lopez (RU) vs. Victoria Erechtchenko (LIU) 6-2, 3-4, unfinished
2. Tara Chilton (RU) def. Leo Boissaeu (LIU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Mai Nguyen (RU) vs. Saki Oyama (LIU) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
4. Amira Badawi vs. Bianca Compuesto (LIU) 7-5, 0-0
5. Arina Valitova def. (RU) Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Chloe Brown (RU) def. Marion Deloziere (LIU) 6-2, 6-3

Next Up

Next up, Rutgers will host FDU on Sunday, Feb. 10 before welcoming UMass on Saturday, Feb. 18 for a 5 p.m. match before embarking on a five-match road stint.