Women's Tennis 3/10/2018 12:13:00 AM

Drew Drops 7-2 Decision to Roanoke

Results

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – In the final match of its Spring Break trip, the Drew University women's tennis team (3-2) suffered a 7-2 loss to Roanoke (5-1) on Friday afternoon. The Rangers won two of the three doubles decisions in the match.

Drew's No. 1 doubles pairing of Ashley Camel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Maria Navas Espinal (Valle, Colombia) earned an 8-5 victory over Jessica Kennedy and Avery Smith, while Kathryn Swenor (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Xylia Bruff (South Plainfield, N.J.) notched an 8-2 triumph over Arabella Goralski and Nicole Rajner. The Maroons won the No. 2 doubles match, as Carolyn Kitsock and Jenny Alvarado topped Cristina Riccio (New Providence, N.J.) and Christina Christodoulou (Branchburg, N.J.) by an 8-5 count.

Roanoke was victorious in all six singles matches, however, which clinched the overall win for the Maroons. Kennedy defeated Camel 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 in the No. 1 position, while Smith earned a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Navas Espinal at No. 2 singles. In the No. 3 singles match, Alvarado topped Riccio by a score of 7-5, 6-4. Madison Herring beat Christodoulou 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4 singles, and Drew's No. 5 Swenor fell 6-1, 6-1 to Kitsock. Goralski closed out the singles sweep for Roanoke by knocking off Bruff 6-2, 6-0.

The Rangers are now off until March 22, when they host Rutgers-Newark at 4 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Xylia Bruff: 5' 6"; Junior

Ashley Camel: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Christina Christodoulou: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Maria Navas Espinal: 5' 2"; Sophomore

Cristina Riccio: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Kathryn Swenor: 5' 2"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Xylia Bruff
: 5' 6"; Junior

Ashley Camel
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Christina Christodoulou
: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Maria Navas Espinal
: 5' 2"; Sophomore

Cristina Riccio
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Kathryn Swenor
: 5' 2"; Senior