Women's Tennis Tops Miami, 6-1, for Third-Straight Win

Sunday, February 17

Cincinnati, Ohio

5 PM

Xavier University

Miami

Women's Tennis Tops Miami, 6-1, for Third-Straight Win

02.17.19 | Women's Tennis

Box Score Results (PDF)

Musketeers face Wright State on Friday evening

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis took a third straight win on Sunday afternoon, topping Miami, 6-1, at Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Center to move to 5-2 on the season.

"We had a really solid team win today," said Kaitlin Ruether. "Miami is always a tough opponent and we set the tone with a really strong start in doubles and the beginning of singles. I'm so proud of this team, and happy our hard work is showing in our matches."

THE MATCH

In doubles, the Musketeers took the first win, taking the No. 2 spot with a 6-2 win for Sophia Abelson and Kaitlin Ruether. Miami came back with a 6-3 win the No. 3 spot over Hunter Roper and Rachael Reichenbach. Xavier secured the doubles point with a 6-4 win for Ahmeir Kyle and Emily Thomas in the No. 1 spot.

Xavier extended its lead to 2-0 win a win for Sophia Abelson in the No. 2 spot, winning 6-0, 6-3. Another 6-0, 6-3 win for the Musketeers, this time for Emily Thomas in the No. 3 spot, pushed Xavier's advantage out to 3-0.

Rachael Reichenbach, playing in the No. 4 spot, earned the deciding point for the match, winning 6-3, 6-1, to put Xavier ahead 4-0.

The final three doubles matches went to tie-breaker third sets. Kaitlin Ruether took the first set, 6-2, before falling 6-3 in the second set. Ruether claimed the third to give the Musketeers a fifth point.

Hunter Roper took the first set in No. 5 singles, 6-2, before falling 6-2 in the second set. Roper claimed the third set for the Musketeers' sixth point.

For the final point in No. 1 singles, Ahmeir Kyle took the first set, 6-4, before falling after tiebreakers in the second set, 7-6. Kyle fell in the third set, 10-5, for Miami's only point.

RESULTS: MIAMI

Singles

1. Brindtha Ramasamy (MIAMI) def. Kyle, Ahmeir (XU) 4-6, 7-6 (10-6), 10-5
2. Abelson, Sophia (XU) def. Milana Lysova (MIAMI) 6-0, 6-3
3. Thomas, Emily (XU) def. Jordan Ortega-Mendez (MIAMI) 6-0, 6-3
4. Reichenbach, Rachael (XU) def. Priyana Kalita (MIAMI) 6-3, 6-1
5. Roper, Hunter (XU) def. Lena Babunski (MIAMI) 6-2, 2-6, 10-7
6. Ruether, Kaitlin (XU) def. Melati Devi (MIAMI) 6-2, 3-6, 10-2

Doubles
1. Kyle, Ahmeir/Thomas, Emily (XU) def. Priyana Kalita/Milana Lysova (MIAMI) 6-4
2. Abelson, Sophia/Ruether, Kaitlin (XU) def. Emily Struble/Melati Devi (MIAMI) 6-2
3. Brindtha Ramasamy/Makenzie Myers (MIAMI) def. Roper, Hunter/Reichenbach, Rachael (XU) 6-3

Match Notes:
Miami University 1-6
Xavier 5-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,3,4,6,5,1)