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Laura Dimante earned a singles victory in straight sets and teamed with Maxime Duijst for an 8-1 No. 1 doubles victory.
Laura Dimante earned a singles victory in straight sets and teamed with Maxime Duijst for an 8-1 No. 1 doubles victory.
Posted: Sep 19, 2014

Firebirds Soar Past Molloy, 7-2

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
Duijst / Dimante, Laura (UDC)
def. Rajaona, Tatiana / Bloecker, Danielle (MOL)
8-1
Gallard, Alicia / Looareesuwan, Mona (UDC)
def. Rosen, Emily / Catterson, Christie (MOL)
8-1
Nagasawa, Tiffany / O'Brien, Katie (MOL)
def. No player / No player (UDC)
FINAL - DEFAULT
Singles
Duijst (UDC)
def. Rajaona, Tatiana (MOL)
6-6, 7-4, 6-2
Looareesuwan, Mona (UDC)
def. Bloecker, Danielle (MOL)
6-0, 6-0
Dimante, Laura (UDC)
def. Rosen, Emily (MOL)
6-0, 6-0
Rojas, Laura (UDC)
def. Catterson, Christie (MOL)
6-0, 6-0
Gallard, Alicia (UDC)
def. Nagasawa, Tiffany (MOL)
6-0, 6-0
O'Brien, Katie (MOL)
def. No player (UDC)
FINAL - DEFAULT

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – The University of the District of Columbia women's tennis team improved to 4-1 as the Firebirds defeated East Coast Conference foe Molloy, 7-2 on Friday afternoon.

 

UDC won its first and second doubles matches as well as the first five singles matches, and it forfeited matches at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles due to an insufficient lineup.

 

Head coach Dickie Mahaffey changed up his lineup a bit to allow senior Alicia Gallard (Business Management – Blaison-Gohier, France/Shorter University) to partner with junior Peerada Looareesuwan (Computer Science – Bangkok, Thailand/Valdosta State) at No. 2 doubles. The first-time pair managed to earn a convincing, 8-1 victory.  Also, senior Maxime Duijst (Biology – Valkenswaard, Netherlands/Pleincollege Sint-Joris) teamed with freshman Laura Dimante for the first time and they earned an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles as well.

 

With the match tied 2-2 after UDC's two forfeits, the Firebirds rattled off five consecutive singles wins. Junior Laura Rojas (Civil Engineering – Bogota, Colombia/Jackson State), Looareesuwan, Dimante, and Gallard, respectively, each won their singles match in straight sets. Duijst was locked in to a battle at No. 1 singles vs. Tatiana Rajaona before coming out victorious, 7-6(4), 6-2.

 

The Firebirds will visit ECC foe Queens tomorrow at 11 a.m.