Sept. 16, 2017
Athens, Ga. – The Vanderbilt women’s tennis team continued to earn valuable fall experience Saturday afternoon, as the squad took on student-athletes from Clemson, Georgia and Missouri on day two of the Puerto Rico Fall Classic, hosted by UGA.
Tournament play was originally scheduled to be in Puerto Rico, however due to the recent hurricanes impacting the Caribbean, Georgia serves as host. The three-day fall tournament will consist of singles and doubles matches. The individual results count for the student-athletes, but no team score is kept throughout fall play.
VU went 3-0 in its first session of doubles. Sophomores Emma Kurtz and Christina Rosca picked up an inter-conference victory as the duo knocked off the Bulldog’s Marta Gonzalez/Morgan Coppoc in a hard-fought tiebreaker 7-6(4).
Ranked No. 17 in the country, juniors Fernanda Contreras and Emily Smith earned their second doubles win of the tournament, limiting Clemson’s Sydney Riley/Tate Schroeder to two games, 6-2. Summer Dvorak and Amanda Meyer defeated CU’s Constanza Gorches/Daniela Ruiz in another tight contest, 6-4.
VU went 3-3 in the first session of singles play, with two ranked Commodores falling to strong UGA student-athletes. Freshman Lauren Gish earned her first individual victory for Vanderbilt as the Mooresville, N.C. native downed Mizzou’s Ally Boback, 6-1, 6-2. No. 47 Rosca earned a solid three-set victory over Coppoc; 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-1. Dvorak followed earned tight three-set win of her own, serving UGA’s Annette Goulaka 1-6, 6-0, 7-6(0) loss. Smith came through late in the second set to ensure a straight-set victory over the Bulldog’s Vivian Wolff, 6-1, 7-6(9). Meyer went toe-to-toe with No. 10 Elena Christofi, falling to the Dawg in three sets, 2-6,6-3,6-3.
Check VUCommodores.com later tonight for scores from the second session of competition.
Emma Kurtz/Christina Rosca (VU) def. Marta Gonzalez/Morgan Coppoc (UGA) 7-6(4)
Fernanda Contreras/Emily Smith (VU/17) def. Sydney Riley/Tate Schroeder (CU) 6-2
Summer Dvorak/Amanda Meyer (VU) def. Constanza Gorches/Daniela Ruiz (CU) 6-4
Elena Christofi (UGA/10) def. Amanda Meyer (VU) 2-6,6-3,6-3
Katarina Jokic (UGA)def. Fernanda Contreras (VU/63) 6-2,6-4
Christina Rosca (VU/47) def. Morgan Coppoc (UGA)7-6(2),4-6,6-1
Marta Gonzalez (UGA/105)def. Emma Kurtz (VU/112) 6-2,7-6(2)
Emily Smith (VU) def. Vivian Wolff (UGA) 6-1,7-6(9)
Summer Dvorak (VU) def. Annette Goulak (UGA)1-6,6-0,7-6(0)
Lauren Gish (VU) def. Ally Noback (UM) 6-1,6-2​