JMU Battles Past Delaware, Rolls Mount St. Mary's

Sunday, March 18

Harrisonburg, Va.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

Delaware

3/18/2018 6:59:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison women's tennis improved to 14-1 overall and 2-0 in Colonial Athletic Association play after battling past conference-foe Delaware, 5-2, and cruising by Mount St. Mary's, 7-0, in non-conference action on Sunday.

Sunday's first match against the Blue Hens took place inside at the East Campus Tennis Courts, and the afternoon match was held at Hillside Courts.

Match 1: JMU 5 Delaware 2
After falling behind 5-4 and facing triple match point, junior Emma Petersen and freshman Anna Makarova fought back to win four consecutive points to knot the match at 5-5. From there, the duo swept the final two games to earn a 7-5 victory and clinch the doubles point for the Dukes.

In singles, Delaware's Sara Komer won convincingly, 6-2, 6-3, over Jona Roka at No. 2 singles to tie the match at 1-1.

Following Roka, freshman Liz Norman continued her impressive rookie campaign with a sound 6-3, 7-5 victory at No. 1 singles to help the Dukes regain a one point advantage (2-1). The victory improved Norman to 13-0 on the dual season and 21-2 overall in 2017-18.

At the No. 3 position, Makarova battled to a three set victory over Delaware's Amanda Studnicki to bring JMU to the brink of match point (6-1, 4-6, 6-4).

At No. 6 singles senior Kimmy Herrock cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Draga Sabotic, to clinch the team victory for JMU.

The win moved JMU to 13-1 overall and 2-0 in the CAA, while Delaware dropped to 5-5 and 0-1.

RESULTS
Doubles (3, 1, 2*)

Pilkington/Komer def. Normon/Herrock 6-1
Makarova/Petersen def. Hall/Whited 7-5
Roka/Owens def. Sabotic/Studnicki 6-1

Singles (2, 1, 3, 6*, 4, 5)

Liz Norman def. Brooke Pilkington 6-3, 7-5
Sara Komer def. Jona Roka 6-2, 6-3
Anna Makarova def. Amanda Studnicki 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Emma Petersen def. Sarah Whited 6-2, 7-6(2)
Sarah Hall def. Diane Flament 7-5, 6-2
Kimmy Herrock def. Draga Sabotic 6-0, 6-2

Match 2: JMU 7 Mount St. Mary's 0
JMU breezed through the doubles point in dominating fashion following a 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles from senior Dylan Owens and sophomore Michaela Kluska and a 6-1 victory for Norman and sophomore Diane Flament at No. 1.

In singles the Dukes continued to roll with wins from Owens (6-0, 6-0) at No. 6 and Petersen (6-1, 6-2) at No. 3 singles to give JMU a 3-0 lead.

At No. 2 singles, Roka clinched match point with a 6-2, 6-0 win to give JMU their first outdoor home victory of the dual season.

Straight-set victories by Herrock (6-3, 6-1), Kluska (6-4, 6-2) and Norman (6-4, 6-3) finished off JMU's 7-0 triumph over the Mountaineers.

RESULTS
Doubles (3, 1*, 2)

Norman/Flament def. Quintanilla/Davis 6-1
Makarova/Herrock def. Kamprath/Gamble 6-3
Owens/Kluska def. Blake/Gamble 6-0

Singles (6, 3, 2*, 4, 5, 1)

Liz Norman def. Alexa Quintanilla 6-4, 6-3
Jona Roka def. Hannah Davis 6-2, 6-0
Emma Petersen def. Sruthi Kamprath 6-1, 6-2
Kimmy Herrock def. Megan Gamble 6-3, 6-1
Michaela Kluska def. Megan Smith 6-4, 6-2
Dylan Owens def. Emma Blake 6-0, 6-0

QUOTING HEAD COACH JAMES BRYCE
"It was a long day, but I'm really glad. We came out with the doubles point in a really tight one against Delaware. We had to really keep our composure and stick to our game plans in that match. We let them back into a lot of matches, but once we adjusted and got back to what was working for us it really put us over the threshold and I'm really happy to get our second conference win. Then transitioning from inside to outside is really difficult, but the girls did a really good job of that today. Overall it was a very good day, we took care of business and we'll get back to it next week."

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The Dukes will travel to the capital city on Wednesday, March 21 to take on Richmond, ahead of a home match versus George Washington next Sunday, March 25.