ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy women's tennis team (19-5, 3-0 PL) remained undefeated in Patriot League play with another victory on Sunday afternoon, putting together a 6-1 Senior Day win over Bucknell (8-9, 0-2 PL) at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
After honoring seniors
Stella Ribaudo and
Samantha Johns, the Midshipmen swept doubles action before taking five of six singles matches, including junior
Emily Tannenbaum resetting a pair of program records, to win their sixth straight match.
Tannenbaum and freshman
Julia Lee paired up for the second-straight day and quickly got Navy on the board in doubles, scoring a 6-0 win over the No. 3 Bison pairing of Mirra Manolov and Anna Lajos. Continuing up the order, the junior duo of
Kate Lee and
Parvathi Shanker defeated Madison Sebulsky and Caroline Marcus, 6-2, on the second court, while Johns and sophomore
Sia Chaudry at the top spot held off a late push from Whitney King and Abigail Platt for a 6-4 win to complete the doubles sweep.
Turning to singles play, Tannenbaum took care of King at the top position, posting a 6-1, 6-1 victory that reset the Navy single-season record for singles wins and the career program record for No. 1 singles wins. Shortly after,
Kate Lee registered a 6-1, 6-0 win against Manolov in the No. 5 spot to put Navy on the verge of clinching, while freshman
Makaila Cheng at No. 6 sealed the Navy victory by beating Marcus, 6-2, 6-2.
Playing on, Chaudry defeated Platt on the third court, 6-0, 6-2, and Johns knocked off Lajos in the No. 2 spot by a 6-4, 6-2 final, but Bucknell got its lone point of the match when Tyne Miller knotted a 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 win over Ribaudo in the No. 4 battle.
Coach Keith Puryear Comments
"It was a very solid weekend for the ladies. We feel we are doing a great job of competing in each and every match. The ladies are being receptive to coaching advice and looking to implement suggested tactics successfully in matches, with two big matches coming up the next two weeks."
Match Notes
• Navy moved to 17-2 in the all-time series with Bucknell.
• Tannenbaum's singles victory marked her 30th of the campaign, resetting the single-season program record of 29 established by Amanda Keller in 2015 and matched by Tannenbaum last season.
• The win over King also gave Tannenbaum 34 career victories at the No. 1 singles positions, passing the previous program record of 33 set by Keller from 2014 to 2018.
• Chaudry has the best current winning streak, claiming her last six singles matches.
Up Next
Navy will host rival Army in the 2024 Star Match on Saturday, March 30. Opening serve between the Mids and Black Knights is set for 10 a.m.
