JMU Battles Past App State for Sun Belt Road Victory

Saturday, March 18

Boone, N.C.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

App State

3/18/2023 6:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

BOONE, N.C. – James Madison and App State went to the wire in Saturday's Sun Belt Conference women's tennis match, but the Dukes won two of the final three singles bouts to earn a 4-3 victory at the Deer Valley Racquet Club.

The Dukes improved to 7-5 on the year and 3-0 in Sun Belt play, while the Mountaineers fell to 5-5 and 2-1.

JMU won two doubles matches and the squads split singles with three victories apiece for the final margin. Daniela Voloh went 2-0 with wins in both singles and doubles, while Hope Moulin and Kylie Moulin also added singles triumphs. Hope's victory was the clincher for the Dukes.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles Play

JMU won on courts three and two to take the early 1-0 match lead.
The Dukes had a dominant performance on court three, where Daria Afanasyeva and Reka Matko took a 6-1 win from Maggie Pate and Virginia Poggi.
In a back-and-forth match on court two, Daria Munteanu and Voloh outlasted Erika Dodridge and Helena Jansen, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point.
In similar fashion from Thursday's match at VCU, the No. 1 doubles team of Kylie Moulin and Ines Oliveira led 6-5 versus Savannah Dada-Marshall and Ellie Murphy when the bout went unfinished.

Singles Play

JMU doubled its lead to 2-0 on court one, as Kylie Moulin won in straight sets against Jansen, at 6-4, 6-2.
App State answered with a pair of three-set victories, one in comeback fashion.
Maggie Pate was able to slip past Oliveira in a tiebreak on court three, getting the Mountaineers on the board with a tight 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (3) win.
On court two, App State squared the match, as Dada-Mascoll rallied past Afanasyeva, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Voloh gave the lead back to JMU, at 3-2, with her straight-set triumph over Poggi, as she took a 6-3, 6-4 win on court four.
Hope Moulin clinched the victory for the Dukes on court six, as she didn't concede a single game in the third to beat Murphy, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0.
In the final bout of the day, Munteanu rallied from a large deficit in the second set, but Dodridge was able to win the final three games of the third to earn a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win on court five.

MATCH NOTES

JMU improved to 4-0 all-time against App State, as Saturday marked the teams' first meeting since 2012. It was also the first non-neutral match in the history of the series.
Daniela Voloh tied Jona Roka (2016-21) for second place all-time at JMU with 82 career singles victories.
Saturday was the second career clinching point for Hope Moulin, as she also did so on March 4, 2022, versus Marshall.

UP NEXT

JMU returns to action on Saturday, March 25 when it hosts Southern Miss. The opening serve is set for 1 p.m. at Hillside Courts, as the Dukes are back home for the first time since Jan. 29.