UMW Women's Tennis Competes at Weekend Navy Blue and Gold Invitational

UMW Women's Tennis Competes at Weekend Navy Blue and Gold Invitational

The University of Mary Washington women's tennis team wrapped up the fall 2018 season by competing in the Navy Blue and Gold Invitational in Annapolis, Md., against Division I competition.

In the main doubles draw, UMW's Claire Coleman and Danielle Mirabella fell in the opening round to Maryland's Usui and Yemelyanenka, 6-2. In the B flight of doubles, UMW's Lauren Quinn and Olivia Moore fell to Dervishian/Kahatapitiya of Navy, 6-2, and Grubac/Schneider of George Washington, 6-3. Rachel Cooper and Sophie Dixon fell in the B flight to Bogdanovich/Komarraju of Navy, 6-0, and Bode/Cutipa of St. Francis, 7-5.

In the B flight of singles, Coleman fell to Katherine Muzik of Rutgers, 6-4, 6-2, and Anastasia Gevel of Maryland, 8-1. Quinn fell to Lucia Seigford of St. Francis, 6-1, 6-3, and 8-2 to Catalina Rico of Navy.

In the C singles flight, Rachel Cooper dropped a 6-1, 6-4 score to Lyndell Giffenig of Richmond, and an 8-6 score to Elena Schneider of George Washington. Dixon fell, 6-1, 6-1, to Amelia Lawson of Towson, and Helene Heiberg of Richmond, 8-6. Mirabella fell to Kacey Moore of Navy, 4-6, 6-1, 10-7, and to Heiberg, 8-3.

The D flight saw Moore fall to Celeste Matute of UNC Wilmington, 6-3, 6-0, and to Phoebe Collins of Towson, 8-0. Emily Bowerman fell to Romina Cutipa of St. Francis, 6-4, 6-2, and to Adrienne Hayes of Richmond, 8-2.

The Eagles will return to action in February when they visit George Mason in an exhibition match on Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m.