Women’s Tennis Concludes Third Stright 3-0 Weekend

Friday, February 6

West Point, N.Y.

2:00 p.m.

Army West Point

FDU

Women’s Tennis Concludes Third Stright 3-0 Weekend

February 07, 2026 | Women's Tennis

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point women's tennis went 3-0 for the third consecutive weekend, defeating FDU, Monmouth and Fairfield to improve to 9-2 overall in 2025-26.

The Black Knights dropped just one of 13 combined awarded team points over the three duals Friday and Saturday.

Against FDU on Friday, the Black Knights rode five 6-0 set wins and double bagels by Vennmukiil Mathivanan and Stacey Samonte to an easy 4-0 win.

Army missed no beats the following morning vs. Monmouth, cruising to a 4-0 win behind Olivia Manson's first career No. 1 single match, a triumphant 6-0, 6-2 win over Monmouth's Hannah McKinney. The match also saw Lillian Zhang pick up her first dual singles and doubles wins, with her singles win coming in 6-0, 6-1 fashion over Jillian Gray.

Finally on Saturday afternoon, the Black Knights finished the weekend with a 4-1 win over Fairfield. Samonte highlighted Army's effort with a 6-2, 6-0 singles win, with straight sets singles wins by Madison Smith and Emily Ruckno on the top two singles courts pushing Army over the finish line.

The full results are as follows.

Army 4, FDU 0

Doubles

1. Emily Ruckno / Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Yelena Kim / Anastasia Lim (FDU): 6-3
2. Ylan Duong / Vennmukiil Mathivanan (Army) DNF vs. Ann Kato / Sophia Fredericks-McKee (FDU): 5-3
3. Emma Sy / Olivia Manson (Army) def. Katsiaryna Kostsina / Valentina Silva (FDU): 6-2

Singles

1. Madison Smith (Army) DNF vs. Anastasia Lim (FDU): 4-6, 3-2
2. Vennmukiil Mathivanan (Army) def. Yelena Kim (FDU): 6-0, 6-0
3. Emma Sy (Army) DNF vs. Sophia Fredericks-McKee (FDU): 5-7, 1-2
4. Emily Ruckno (Army) DNF vs. Oleksandra Ovsiienko (FDU): 6-1, 5-4
5. Stacey Samonte (Army) def. Katsiaryna Kostsina (FDU): 6-0, 6-0
6. Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Valentina Silva (FDU): 6-1, 6-0

Army 4, Monmouth 0

Doubles

1. Emily Ruckno / Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Hannah McKinney / Ximena Cano (MU): 6-1
2. Madison Smith / Stacey Samonte (Army) DNF vs. Pavitra Parikh / Faith Sadgrove (MU): 5-4
3. Alexandra Oshidar / Lillian Zhang (Army) def. Rebecca Fisher / Jillian Gray (MU): 6-3

Singles

1. Olivia Manson (Army) def. Hannah McKinney (MU): 6-0, 6-2
2. Allison Harris (Army) DNF vs. Pavitra Parikh (MU): 5-7, 1-0
3. Chelsie Son (Army) def. Faith Sadgrove (MU): 6-3, 6-1
4. Alexandra Oshidar (Army) DNF vs. Ximena Cano (MU): 6-7
5. Maria Miroshnichenko (Army) DNF vs. Rebecca Fisher (MU): 6-4, 1-0
6. Lillian Zhang (Army) def. Jillian Gray (MU): 6-0, 6-1

Army 4, Fairfield 1

Doubles

1. Emily Ruckno / Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Maeve Cassidy / Victoria Maandma (Fair.): 6-4
2. Madison Smith / Stacey Samonte (Army) def. Sophia Harris / Sarah Liu (Fair.): 6-3
3. Sarah Yan / Chelsie Son (Army) DNF vs. Maria Gell / Dylin Pizzutello (Fair.): 3-4

Singles

1. Madison Smith (Army) def. Victoria Maandma (Fair.): 6-4, 6-1
2. Emily Ruckno (Army) def. Anna Neyestani (Fair.): 7-5, 6-3
3. Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) DNF vs. Sophia Harris (Fair.): 6-7, 2-3
4. Stacey Samonte (Army) def. Regina Herrera (Fair.): 6-2, 6-0
5. Nicolette Loeffler (Fair.) def. Olivia Manson (Army): 6-3, 7-5
6. Sarah Yan (Army) DNF vs. Liliana Malinowski (Fair.): 1-6, 6-3, 3-0

Next up

Army heads south to Florida next week, taking on University of Tampa at Tampa on February 13 before the program's biannual matchup vs. Air Force at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fla. on February 14.

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