After defeating the University of Massachusetts Minutemen on Wednesday 4-3 for their second straight win, the UConn Women’s Tennis team is looking to ride this high as they head into Washington, D.C. to face the Georgetown Hoyas on Saturday.
When you look at the history of these two teams, Georgetown has dominated the matches the past two years, even though the Huskies did defeat their Big East rival in their first match against each other in 2009.
The last time these two conference foes played against each other was on April 2, 2023, when the Hoyas won the match 4-3 in Storrs on Connecticut’s Senior Day.
Like Wednesday’s matchup, the last game where the Hoyas and Huskies faced off against each other was decided with the scores going down to the wire. Cameron Didion and Isabel Petri Bere clinched two singles points in third and fourth singles, but due to the Hoyas’ strong doubles play, the match didn’t finish in the Huskies’ favor.
“Unfortunately we came up just a few points short in a heartbreaking 4-3 loss. But we fought tough on every court, and left everything out there today” said head coach Glenn Marshall after the match.
Coming into the matchup, the Hoyas are coming off a close win 4-3 against Marquette on Saturday, March 23, and are currently 6-11 on their season and 2-2 in conference play.
To sustain this winning streak, Connecticut has a tall task ahead of them and an athlete they will need to look out for is Georgetown’s freshman Emily Novikov, who is 10-6 overall on the year in singles play and 5-4 in doubles play.
To take this win back to Storrs, the Huskies will need to utilize clutch athletes like Cameron Didion in singles and the pairing of Olivia Wright and Maria Constantinou in doubles to really clinch their eleventh win of the season.
Connecticut is also currently 2-2 in conference play and a convincing win over Georgetown would be a huge confidence booster for their team as their season ends in the coming weeks.
This third to last matchup for UConn will have a first serve scheduled for 11 a.m. in Washington D.C. If Husky fans wish to keep up with this match, they can do so iOnCourt Live Scoring.