Dukes Roll Past Radford in Rain-Shortened Match

Tuesday, April 3

Harrisonburg, Va.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

Radford

4/3/2018 6:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison women's tennis raced past Radford 4-0 in a rain-shortened match at the Hillside Courts on Tuesday afternoon.

The Dukes continued their best start in program history, moving to 17-1 overall, while the Highlanders fell to 9-9.

JMU swept through doubles with a 6-2 win at No. 1 from the freshman duo of Liz Norman and Abby Amos, along with a 6-3 victory at No. 2 from freshman Anna Makarova and junior Emma Petersen. Sophomore Jona Roka and senior Dylan Owens completed the doubles sweep with a 6-2 dispatch of Radford's Jeanine Acierto and Zoe Fraser at No. 3.

In singles, Petersen cruised past Tyler Blalock 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles to increase the JMU lead to 2-0. Senior Kimmy Herrock followed Petersen with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 6 to bring the Dukes within the brink of victory. Makarova, battled past Natalie Sayer 6-2, 7-5 at the No. 3 position to clinch match point and the Dukes' sixth consecutive victory.

With the match clinched and rain coming down, the match was stopped and JMU's matches at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 went unfinished. In each of those matches, the Dukes were up one set to none.

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QUOTING HEAD COACH JAMES BRYCE
"Today was all about our focus and execution. Doubles started a little slow, but once we found a rhythm we settled in well. It would have been nice to get all the matches in, but the rain came right as we clinched. We need to have a good few days of practice before battling against W&M this weekend."

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The Dukes will travel to Williamsburg, Va., on Saturday, April 7 for a Colonial Athletic Association clash with three-time defending conference champion William & Mary.