March 5, 2012

RICHMOND, Va. - The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team fell at Atlantic 10 rival, Richmond on Saturday. The Hawks dropped the match 7-0 and return on Tuesday when they begin Spring Break play against South Dakota in Orlando, Florida.

Against the Spiders, Richmond picked up the first point of the match with wins at all three doubles matches.

Switching to singles, junior Casey Robinson battled to three sets against Joanna Matuszczyk, but eventually fell, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 10-7. Richmond would earn wins at the other five singles spots.

Singles
1) Joanna Matuszczyk (UR) def. Casey Robinson (SJU) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 10-7
2) Melissa Kandinata (UR) def. Devi Jadeja (SJU) 6-2, 6-1
3) Helen Cunningham (UR) def. Aurora Davis (SJU) 6-2, 6-2
4) Elizabeth Sims (UR) def. Lauren Roy (SJU) 6-0, 6-0
5) Alexandra Smyth (UR) def. Kelly Mulquin (SJU) 6-4, 6-1
6) Nil Horoz (UR) def. Tara Walsh (SJU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1) Cunningham/Smyth (UR) def. Robinson/Davis (SJU) 8-3
2) Kandinata/Sims (UR) def. Mulquin/Roy (SJU) 8-1
3) Matuszczyk/Horoz (UR) def. Jadeja/Walsh (SJU) 8-3