LYNCHBURG, Va. – Senior
Alisia Manolescu and freshman
Emma Pell posted strong singles wins, but No. 66 Liberty rallied for a pair of three-set victories to pull out a 5-2 win over William & Mary on Sunday afternoon at the Liberty Tennis Complex.
How It Happened
- Liberty claimed the doubles point thanks to a tiebreaker win at the top position. After a Flames win at No. 3, graduate student
Sofiya Kuzina and sophomore
Ine Stange pulled the Tribe even with their sixth-straight win. The No. 35-ranked pair in the country notched a 7-5 win at No. 2 over Maretha Burger and Tiffany Nguyen to remain undefeated at 6-0.
- Pell pulled the Tribe even at one with a quick victory at No. 6. She dropped just two games in a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Elsa Kirch. Pell moved to 9-4 overall and 6-2 in dual-match action.
- After a Liberty win at No. 2, Manolescu tied things up once against with a convincing win at No. 5. She topped Burger, 6-2, 6-2, improving to 8-6 overall and 3-2 on line five.
- With Liberty leading 3-2, the balance of the match came down to three-set matches at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. Sophomore
Hedda Gurholt and Kuzina jumped out to set advantage, but the Flames' Maria Juliana Parra Romero and Tiffany Nguyen rallied for victories to cement the Liberty team triumph.
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action when it travels to Longwood on Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m.
#66 Liberty 5, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Maria Juliana Parra Romero (Liberty) def.
Hedda Gurholt (W&M) – 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 – Esther Lovato (Liberty) def.
Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 – Tiffany Nguyen (Liberty) def.
Sofiya Kuzina (W&M) – 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 – Marina Davtyan (Liberty) def.
Emma Fernald (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 –
Alisia Manolescu (W&M) def. Maretha Burger (Liberty) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 –
Emma Pell (W&M) def. Elsa Kirch (Liberty) – 6-1, 6-1
Finishing Order: 6, 2, 5, 4, 1*, 3
Doubles
No. 1 – Parra Romero/Almborg (Liberty) def. Van Meeteren/Fernald (W&M) – 7-6 (5)
No. 2 – #35 Kuzina/Stange (W&M) def. Nguyen/Burger (Liberty) – 7-5
No. 3 – Davtyan/Lovato (Liberty) def. Alhach/Gurholt (W&M) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 3, 2, 1*
