SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Continuing play in the Puerto Rico Fall Classic, the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team secured three singles victories.
“Very tough matches with Georgia today. We had some great efforts and a lot of learning today. Good wins for three of our players with some very hard-fought losses too. We will need to improve on doubles,” said head coach Geoff Macdonald.
The Commodores started slow in doubles, with all three pairs falling short to No. 2 Georgia duos.
Bouncing back in singles, Vanderbilt fought back to claim three victories. Freshman Marcella Cruz advanced her perfect collegiate singles record to 2-0 after defeating Georgia’s No. 28 Vivian Wolff. The freshman battled through a grueling three sets to come out on top, 4-6, 7-6 93), 6-4.
Remaining undefeated in the Classic, junior Amanda Meyer held Wake Forest’s Pesavento to only two games in the first set followed by a 6-1 domination in the second set to claim the victory.
Collecting Vanderbilt’s third singles victory of the day, sophomore Georgia Drummy took down Georgia’s No. 24 Marta Gonzalez in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6.
Vanderbilt will be back in action on Sunday at 7 a.m. CT to wrap up the Puerto Rico Fall Classic.
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Vanderbilt Results
Doubles
Clayton/Kristofi (UGA) def. Meyer/Cruz (VU) – 8-5
Jokic/Wolff (UGA) def. Rosca/Drummy (VU) – 8-5
Coppoc/Ma (UGA) def. Ross/Kurtz (VU) – 8-3
Singles
Cruz (VU) def. Wolff (UGA) – 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
Coppoc (UGA) def. Kurtz (VU) – 6-4, 6-4
Jokic (UGA) def. Ross (VU) – 6-1, 6-2
Brylin (WFU) def, Kourkina (VU) – 6-3, 6-4
Meyer (VU) def. Pesavento (WFU) – 6-2, 6-1
Ma (UGA) def. Rosca (VU) – 7-6, 6-4
Drummy (VU) def. Marta-Gonzalez (UGA) – 7-5, 7-6
