Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
Connecticut
Women's Tennis Cruises to 7-0 Win Over Connecticut
February 11, 2012 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 11, 2012
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army women’s tennis cruised to its fifth straight victory on Saturday morning with a 7-0 defeat of the visiting Connecticut Huskies. The Black Knights improved to 5-1 on the season, including a flawless 5-0 mark at the friendly confines of Lichtenberg Tennis Center. The Huskies fell to 0-1 on the season.
Army jumped to a 1-0 lead after sweeping the doubles point for the fifth straight match. Sisterly duo Della Taylor and Elle Taylor won their fifth match in the last six tries with an 8-4 victory over Jennifer Learnmonth and Maxene Weinberg at the No. 1 spot. Sophomore Jamila Paul and junior co-captain Erin Colton earned their fourth win in a row with an 8-4 defeat of Alexa Gregory and Lucy Nutting at the No. 2 position.
Colton and Paul added straight-set singles victories to their list of accomplishments for the day as well. Colton knocked off Gregory 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 1 spot to halt her four-match losing skid spanning this dual season. Paul’s 6-3, 6-4 victory over Weinberg at No. 2 was her third in the last four matches.
Sophomore Carly Riney notched her first dual match win of the season with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Marie Gargiulo at No. 6 singles.
The win moved Army’s all-time mark against Connecticut to 15-0, dating back to the 1994 season.
Army will look to put the cap on its second straight weekend sweep when the Black Knights host Fordham at 1 p.m.
Army 7, Connecticut 0
Doubles
1 D. Taylor/E. Taylor (A) def. Learnmonth/Weinberg, 8-4
2 Colton/Paul (A) def. Gregory/Nutting, 8-4
3 Saavedra/Parker (A) def. McKeon/Gargiulo, 8-6
Singles
1 Erin Colton (A) def. Alexa Gregory, 6-3, 6-1
2 Jamila Paul (A) def. Maxene Weinberg, 6-3, 6-4
3 Margaret Iliev (A) def. Lucy Nutting, 6-4, 6-2
4 Natalie Allen (A) def. Abby McKeon, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
5 Elle Taylor (A) def. Lauren Wilmarth, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
6 Carly Riney (A) def. Marie Gargiulo, 6-3, 6-2
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