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Xavier Picks Up First Win of the Season at Eastern Kentucky
01.27.18 | Women's Tennis
Richmond, Ky.-Â The Xavier women's tennis team picked up its first win of the season at Eastern Kentucky by a score of 6-1.
Head Coach Doug Matthews was encouraged by the result. "EKU has a good program and were picked preseason to win the OVC," said Matthews. "We talked a lot about urgency today, especially during the doubles. I felt we did play with urgency and won a close doubles point. In singles we played well and won most of the tight sets. We need to build on this for tomorrow against Indiana."
The Musketeers won five of the six singles matches. Freshman Ahmeir Kyle picked up her first career Xavier win at No. 1 singles with a 6-4, 6-3 score line. Senior Lauren Ghidotti won her first match of the year at No. 2 singles with a score of 7-5, 6-0. Junior Sophia Abelson, Senior Elizabeth Bagerbaseh and Sophomore Rachael Reichenbach all won their matches as well.
In doubles the Musketeers took two of the three matches. The No. 1 duo of Lauren Ghidotti and Sophia Abelson won their match 6-1. The hard-fought doubles point came at No. 3 doubles with Zoe Manion and Ahmeir Kyle. The duo won their match 7-6 (3) in a tiebreaker.
Xavier is back in action today against the Indiana Hoosiers. The recap will be up as soon as we have the results.
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Results from Eastern Kentucky
Singles
Ahmeir Kyle (XAV) def. Kristina Lagoda (EKU) 6-4, 6-3
Lauren Ghidotti (XAV) def. Vika Demcenkova (EKU) 7-5, 6-0
Sophia Abelson (XAV) def. Laura Argente (EKU) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Elizabeth Bagerbaseh (XAV) def. Alex Belle (EKU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5
Rachael Reichenbach (XAV) def. Putri Dwinta (EKU) 6-4, 6-4
Margaux Lacriox (EKU) def. Lauren Fitz-Randolph (XAV) 4-6, 6-3, 14-12
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Doubles
Ghidotti/Abelson (XAV) def. Belle/Friess (EKU) 6-1
Argente/Demcenkova (EKU) def. Bagerbaseh/Reichenbach (XAV) 6-2
Manion/Kyle (XAV) def. Lagoda/Montalvo (EKU) 7-6 (3)
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Head Coach Doug Matthews was encouraged by the result. "EKU has a good program and were picked preseason to win the OVC," said Matthews. "We talked a lot about urgency today, especially during the doubles. I felt we did play with urgency and won a close doubles point. In singles we played well and won most of the tight sets. We need to build on this for tomorrow against Indiana."
The Musketeers won five of the six singles matches. Freshman Ahmeir Kyle picked up her first career Xavier win at No. 1 singles with a 6-4, 6-3 score line. Senior Lauren Ghidotti won her first match of the year at No. 2 singles with a score of 7-5, 6-0. Junior Sophia Abelson, Senior Elizabeth Bagerbaseh and Sophomore Rachael Reichenbach all won their matches as well.
In doubles the Musketeers took two of the three matches. The No. 1 duo of Lauren Ghidotti and Sophia Abelson won their match 6-1. The hard-fought doubles point came at No. 3 doubles with Zoe Manion and Ahmeir Kyle. The duo won their match 7-6 (3) in a tiebreaker.
Xavier is back in action today against the Indiana Hoosiers. The recap will be up as soon as we have the results.
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Results from Eastern Kentucky
Singles
Ahmeir Kyle (XAV) def. Kristina Lagoda (EKU) 6-4, 6-3
Lauren Ghidotti (XAV) def. Vika Demcenkova (EKU) 7-5, 6-0
Sophia Abelson (XAV) def. Laura Argente (EKU) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Elizabeth Bagerbaseh (XAV) def. Alex Belle (EKU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5
Rachael Reichenbach (XAV) def. Putri Dwinta (EKU) 6-4, 6-4
Margaux Lacriox (EKU) def. Lauren Fitz-Randolph (XAV) 4-6, 6-3, 14-12
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Doubles
Ghidotti/Abelson (XAV) def. Belle/Friess (EKU) 6-1
Argente/Demcenkova (EKU) def. Bagerbaseh/Reichenbach (XAV) 6-2
Manion/Kyle (XAV) def. Lagoda/Montalvo (EKU) 7-6 (3)
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