After splitting their weekend set with a win against St. Bonaventure and a loss against Army, the UConn women’s tennis team looks to improve on their 3-1 record as they are set to play the Quinnipiac Bobcats in a home match on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
The history between these two teams has been rather one-sided with the Huskies winning every single match since Oct. 1, 2013 for a 12-match winning streak. Their most recent one was last season on March 1, 2023, which saw a strong showing from the Huskies, especially in doubles play.
The second doubles pair of Isabel Petri Bere and Aleksandra Karamyshev won the first match with a triumph of 6-2. Then, the first doubles pair of Olivia Wright and Maria Constantinou continued the team’s winning ways with a 6-3 victory.
This excellent play from Connecticut translated into singles competition as well. Petri Bere clinched a 6-1 win at the fourth singles and Karamyshev notched a win in straight sets, 6-3.
At the end of the match, coach Glenn Marshall touched on the intensity of this in-state rivalry.
“We always have close battles with Quinnipiac, and today we came out on top with a solid win,” Marshall noted.
Coming into Wednesday’s game, the Huskies will strive to use their recent impeccable singles play against St. Bonaventure and dominating doubles efforts against Army to their advantage.
On Friday, during their win against the Bonnies, Wright started to heat things up for the team as she went 6-2, 6-0 in first singles. Petri Bere won 6-2 in second doubles, freshman Caroline Hinshaw won 6-1 at fifth singles and Constantinou pulled through with a 6-4 victory, helping the Huskies take five out of the six points allotted in singles play against the Bonnies.
On Saturday, Hinshaw and Petri Bere teamed up in third doubles, ending up in a 7-4 victory. Constantinou and senior Nansi Toskova were also able to gain a 7-4 triumph, clinching the doubles point for the Huskies.
As Connecticut hopes to put the loss against the Black Knights on Saturday behind them, they’ll hope to repeat history. That means coming back to Storrs with a win against the Bobcats and utilizing the strong singles and doubles play they showed in the matches this past weekend. If Huskies fans wish to keep up with the match, they can track it on iOnCourt Live Scoring, which is provided on the team’s website.