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Junior Peerada Looareesuwan won her No. 2 doubles and No. 2 singles matches.
Junior Peerada Looareesuwan won her No. 2 doubles and No. 2 singles matches.
Posted: Mar 15, 2015

UDC Women’s Tennis Suffers 6-3 Loss at Merrimack

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
Grace Messina / Chealsey Giatrelis (MER)
def. Dimante, Laura / Duijst, Maxime (UDC)
8-4
Gallard, Alicia / Looareesuwan, Mona (UDC)
def. Shakee Messina / Rachel Muller (MER)
8-6
Danielle Dunn / Mackenzie Blair (MER)
def. No player / No player (UDC)
FINAL - DEFAULT
Singles
Grace Messina (MER)
def. Duijst, Maxime (UDC)
6-2, 6-0
Looareesuwan, Mona (UDC)
def. Chealsey Giatrelis (MER)
1-6, 6-4, 7-6
Shakee Messina (MER)
def. Dimante, Laura (UDC)
6-1, 6-1
Gallard, Alicia (UDC)
def. Danielle Dunn (MER)
6-1, 6-4
Mackenzie Blair (MER)
def. Rojas, Laura (UDC)
9-7
Rachel Muller (MER)
def. No player (UDC)
FINAL - DEFAULT

MIDDLETON, MA – The University of the District of Columbia women's tennis team was defeated by regional foe Merrimack, 6-3 on Sunday, March 15th at the Northeast Tennis Center.

Senior Alicia Gallard (Business Management – Blaison-Gohier, France/Shorter University) and junior Peerada Looareesuwan (Computer Science – Bangkok, Thailand/Valdosta State) led the Firebird effort by winning their respective singles matches and teaming up to win at No. 2 doubles. UDC lost the No. 1 doubles match and three of the five singles matches played while forfeiting the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles matches due to an insufficient lineup.

Gallard and Looareesuwan battled to win their No. 2 doubles match 8-6 vs. Merrimack's Shakee Messina and Rachel Muller. Gallard, who won her singles and doubles matches on back-to-back days this weekend, defeated Danielle Dunn, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. Looareesuwan, meanwhile, earned a gritty, comeback victory after losing the first set, 6-1 to Chealsey Giatrelis. She won the 2nd set, 6-4 and edged Giatrelis, 7-6 in the tiebreaker.

The Warriors of the Northeast-10 Conference improved to 13-8 overall this season while the Firebirds fell to 7-6.

Next up, UDC will visit George Mason on Sunday, March 22nd at 12 p.m.