Dukes Clamp Down for Key Road Win at Coastal Carolina

Sunday, April 16

Conway, S.C.

10:45 a.m.

James Madison University

Coastal Carolina

4/16/2023 2:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

CONWAY, S.C. – James Madison made a late surge during singles play to claim a 4-3 victory at Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt Conference women's tennis action on Sunday afternoon at the Stevens Tennis Complex.

The Dukes improved to 12-7 on the year and 8-1 in Sun Belt play, while the Chanticleers dropped to 15-7 overall and 7-3 in the SBC. The win kept JMU alone in second place in the league standings with one match remaining.

JMU won the doubles points and the teams split the six singles matches for the end result. Daniela Voloh went 2-0 on the day to lead the Dukes, while Daria Afanasyeva and Hope Moulin captured singles triumphs.

JMU trailed 2-1 in the match before reeling off three straight singles wins.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles Play

JMU opened the match with doubles wins on courts one and two while leading on three.
Daria Munteanu and Voloh cruised past Tatum Burger and Lilie Steryous, 6-2, on court two.
After initially leading 5-2, the team of Kylie Moulin and Ines Oliveira fended off Anna Babayan and Megan Hopton, winning the bout on court one in a tiebreak, at 7-6 (2).
JMU also led 6-5 on court three in a match that went unfinished.

Singles Play

Coastal quickly evened the score on court four, where Jesse Hollins upended Oliveira, 6-1, 6-0.
The Chanticleers gained their only lead with a strong showing on court one, as Victoire De Samucewicz rattled off four straight games to defeat Kylie Moulin, 6-4, 6-3.
Voloh, who set the program's singles wins record two days ago, won the 88th match of her career with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against Burger on court three.
Hope Moulin gave the lead back to the Dukes shortly after, holding off Steryous on court six by a 6-3, 7-5 margin.
The clinching point came on court two, as Afanasyeva powered past Babayan, 6-3, 6-3.
Despite holding a third-set lead, Munteanu couldn't hang on, dropping her court-six bout to Kata Foldeak, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.

QUOTING HEAD COACH SHELLEY JAUDON
"I am incredibly proud of our team just absolutely battling their hearts out this weekend. Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina have both had great seasons, and we knew this was really going to be a challenge. We saw great resiliency from everyone, which is a testament to our character and will serves us well as we close out the regular season at home against Marshall next Saturday. Also, a huge accomplishment by Daniela Voloh setting the program's singles wins record. She has been an absolute rock for us for five years and is deserving of this record."

MATCH NOTES

In addition to Voloh's singles record, Afanasyeva moved into a tie for ninth in the category with her 66th career win, matching Katherine Bulling (2009-13).
Kylie Moulin jumped into a tie for eighth in doubles victories, as she and Michelle Nguyen (2009-13) each have 60.
Voloh has now won 159 combined matches, which is six shy of Jona Roka's (2016-21) lead mark of 165.

UP NEXT
JMU closes the regular season on Saturday, April 22 when it hosts Marshall at 10 a.m. from Hillside Courts. The Dukes will honor their three seniors prior to the match in Daria Afanasyeva, Kylie Moulin and Daniela Voloh.