Firebirds Fall to Chowan, 6-3
WASHINGTON, DC – The University of the District of Columbia women's tennis team was defeated by Chowan University, 6-3 in non-regional play at UDC Tennis Courts on a beautiful, Columbus Day Monday afternoon.
The Firebirds (4-4) took a 2-1 lead heading into singles play, but the Hawks (1-0) came soaring back to win five of the six singles matches to claim victory.
The UDC No. 3 doubles pair of Laura Dimante and Laura Rojas defeated Jessica De Backre and Natalia Andrade, 8-4 for the first point of the match. Then, following a Firebirds loss at No. 1 doubles, Zoe Mall and Peerada Looareesuwan defeated Cynthia Carrier and Roxana Daneshjoo, 8-6 at No. 2.
Trailing 2-1, Chowan quickly took its first lead of the match when Polina Novachuk and Victoria Smolchenkova defeated Dominika Hadnadova and Alena Skobkina at No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively.
Looareesuwan managed UDC's only singles win of the day as she won her 3rd straight match at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-4 over Cynthia Carrier. The First Team All-ECC selection in 2014 is now 5-3 overall in singles play.
The Hawks, however, went on to win the final three singles matches at No. 4, 5 and 6. Both Dimante and Rojas won the 2nd sets of their respective matches at No. 5 and 6, but each lost the deciding 3rd set.
The Firebirds have one regular season match remaining vs. ECC foe St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, October 16th at 2 p.m. UDC will honor its two seniors Peerada Looareesuwan and Laura Rojas before the match.
