Site: DelCastle Tennis Center (Wilmington, Del.)
Score: Goldey-Beacom 8, Chestnut Hill 1
Records: GBC (8-1, 6-0), Chestnut Hill (6-2, 4-2)
Next GBC Event: Sunday, Sept. 30 vs. Concordia | 12 p.m. | DelCastle Tennis Center (Wilmington, Del.)
GBC-Chestnut Hill Box Score: HTML
WILMINGTON, Del. – After playing away from the DelCastle Tennis Center for the past six days, the Goldey-Beacom College women's tennis team found comfort in returning home as the Lightning (8-1, 6-0) increased their win streak to five straight matches with an 8-1 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Chestnut Hill College (6-2, 4-2) on Friday afternoon.
After claiming all three doubles matches, the Lightning won five of six singles matches en route to the victory.
Sophomore
Stephanie Puentes Robinson (Bogota, Colombia) earned a pair of victories against the Griffins. After posting an 8-5 victory with sophomore
Anastasia Melnikova (Vladivostok, Russia) at number one doubles, Puentes Robinson overcame a 5-0 deficit in the first set to earn a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 victory over senior
Anastasiya Shcherbakova (Minsk, Belarus).
Meanwhile, Melnikova helped the Lightning by claiming a 6-1, 6-0 win at number six singles over freshman
Axe Owens (Pennington School/Trenton, N.J.).
Junior
Rocio Cabanillas Moreno (Sevilla, Spain) also had two wins, earning a 6-1, 6-3 victory at number two singles after pairing with sophomore
Filipa Correia (Lisboa, Portugal) for an 8-5 triumph at number two doubles. Correia also contributed a singles win at the number four position, defeating sophomore
Morgan Oechsle (Southern Lehigh H.S./Coopersburg, Pa.) by scores of 6-1 and 6-2.
Seniors
Vanessa Leon (Caracas, Venezuela) and
Blanca Sancho (Zaragoza, Spain) also earned an 8-5 decision at number three doubles. Leon also contributed a 6-4, 6-1 victory at number five singles over freshman
Iman Williams-Mulesa (Pickering, Ontario, Canada).
The Lightning will continue their homestand on Sunday afternoon when they host Concordia College in a match-up of the lone unbeaten teams in CACC play. The match will begin at 12 p.m. at the DelCastle Tennis Center.
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