Tennis Runs Win Streak to Six With 9-0 Win over GC

Tennis Runs Win Streak to Six With 9-0 Win over GC

The Basics

Score: Roanoke 9, Guilford 0
Records: Roanoke 6-1 / 1-1 ODAC | Guilford 0-6 / 0-4 ODAC
Location: Greensboro, N.C.  

The Lead: The Roanoke Women's Tennis team knocked off Guilford 9-0 on Saturday in ODAC action.

How it Happened

  • Jessica Kennedy and Avery Smith both won twice atop Roanoke's lineup. The pair teamed for an 8-1 first-doubles win over the Quakers' Olivia La Ganza and Makayla McLaurin.
  • Kennedy took the first-singles bout with McLaurin, 6-0, 6-0, and Smith topped Guilford's Brooklyn Hopkins at second singles, 6-0, 6-1.
  • Madeline Herring and Janny Alvarado won twice for the Maroons. Herring downed La Ganza at third singles, 6-1, 6-2, and teamed with Catherine Lee for an 8-1 second-doubles victory over Hopkins and Natalie Whitmeyer.
  • Alvarado and Carolyn Kitsock won at third doubles over Guilford's Megan Kimpel and Aly Rock, 8-0. Alvarado took the fourth-singles match from Whitmeyer, 6-0, 6-0.

Up Next: Roanoke is back March 24 at Shenandoah at 1:00 p.m.