The UConn women’s tennis team continued their undefeated conference run this weekend as they beat the Providence Friars on Friday and the Butler Bulldogs on Sunday. These wins move the Huskies to 7-0 in Big East play, extending their winning streak to seven games.
Connecticut started the weekend strong, sweeping Providence 7-0 on Friday, March 27. The Huskies hosted the Friars for the team’s first outdoor matches of the season. The matches were held in Storrs, Conn.
Connecticut set the tone early in the day, winning all three of their doubles matches. The duo of sophomore Victoria Matos and senior Olivia Wright took the first victory of the day, beating freshmen Alison Root and Flora Eidson 6-1.
The Huskies kept the streak going with the duos of freshman Chloe Lomans and senior Isabel Petri Bere and junior Cameron Didion and sophomore Isabella Asenov, both sweeping their matches and winning 6-0 over Providence.
The Huskies continued to dominate in singles play. Didion started the afternoon strong, beating graduate student Elise Leik 6-4 and 6-3, notching her sixth consecutive victory of the season. This moved her record to 12-3 in the season.
However, she wasn’t the only one with a good afternoon performance as Lomans beat senior Lauren Carson 6-1 and 6-0 to collect her 16th singles win of the season, becoming the team leader. Connecticut kept the momentum with Wright beating Providence’s top player, Eidson, in a hard fought 6-4 and 6-1 win. The Huskies closed the afternoon strong with wins from Petri Bere, Matos and Asenov to conclude their sweep of Providence.
This was the fifth time UConn swept the Friars. It was also their sixth consecutive win over Providence.
Connecticut kept their momentum going on Sunday when they welcomed Butler to Storrs. The Huskies picked up yet another win, beating the Bulldogs 6-1. This marked head coach Glenn Marshall’s 500th career win at UConn. Marshall has led the Tennis Program for 33 years and became the women’s head coach in 1997.
The duo of Wright and Matos once again took control of their doubles match, beating Butler’s Chase Metcalf and Brooke Arington, 6-1. Petri Bere and Lomans beat senior Norah Balthazor and sophomore Lauren Cook 6-3.
The Huskies didn’t disappoint in their singles matches, winning five out of the six matches. Wright started the afternoon strong, beating Metcalf 6-3,6-2. Butler fought back with Balthazor winning the second match, taking down Petri Bere 6-3,6-2. However, the Huskies didn’t let that stop their momentum as they won the final four matches of the day.
Matos took down senior Katie Beavin 6-3,6-3. Didion then went on to beat Arington 6-0,7-5. As Lomans and then Asenov both won their matches in three sets.
This was Connecticut’s seventh win in conference play and moved them to 13-2 in the season and extended their win streak to seven games.
Next up, the Huskies will host DePaul and Villanova next week to continue their conference play. The matches will take place at UConn’s outdoor tennis courts. Connecticut will face DePaul on Friday, April 4, and Villanova on Sunday, April 6.