After winning against Villanova on Sunday, April 7, the UConn women’s tennis team looked to ride that high into another Big East win against Seton Hall on Friday for their annual Senior Day.
Connecticut honored seniors Varsha Rathore of South Windsor and Nansi Toskova of Montreal, Quebec.
Starting with the singles competitions, junior Olivia Wright dominated her matchup versus her Seton Hall opponent, Anastasia Sereda, in two straight sets.
That set the tone for the Huskies in the rest of the singles competition, with a majority of the team also beating their opponents in two straight sets, clinching all six of the singles points. Isabella Asenov sealed the deal for the Huskies in sixth singles, winning her sets 6-2, 7-5.
As the team headed into the doubles competition, the pair of Wright and junior Maria Constantinou, along with junior Isabel Petri Bere and freshman Caroline Hinshaw, beat their opponents 6-1 to clinch the doubles point.
The Huskies went on to win this match 7-0.
At the conclusion of this season, the Huskies finished with a record of 12-7, one of the best recent records in the UConn Women’s Tennis program history. In Big East play, they finished 4-3.
“We continued our strong doubles play, winning at one and two convincingly. This momentum carried us into some great starts in the singles matches…The final three matches were a little more competitive, but Bella, Maria, and Isabel came through in some close matches to win them all.” Head coach Glenn Marshall said after the match, “It was a great day all around, and we got the chance to celebrate our two wonderful seniors, Nansi and Varsha.”
This season certainly had some highs and lows, but with two highlight victories against Seton Hall and Villanova, it ties a bow on a special season for the Huskies and ends it on a high note.
Connecticut is now moving into the postseason, and they’ll have the first round of the Big East Championships coming up, which will be on Thursday, April 18.
Each Big East program will be tough matchups for the Huskies, but these two wins against fellow Big East foes will give Marshall and his team confidence heading into the postseason.
All matchups from the tournament can be streamed from FloSports.