ANNAPOLIS, MD – The St. Bonaventure University women's tennis team began the spring season with a win over Loyola (MD) in a pair of matches Friday and Saturday.
The Bonnies captured the victory over the Greyhounds, 5-2, but fell to Navy, 6-1, in Saturday's action.
The Brown and White started the match by taking the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. Anastasia Gubanova and Isabella Venter paired up for a win at the top flight, 6-3, while freshmen Kashish Bote and Kelly Barnes were victorious, 6-3, at the No. 3 spot.
Jansson, Venter, Gubanova and Barnes each captured straight set victories in singles action, earning the victory for the Bonnies.
In Saturday's match at Navy, Jansson battled back from a set down to defeat Casey Accola, 6-7, 6-4, 10-5 at the top singles flight.
The Bonnies are back in action Friday, Feb. 3 against Fordham.
RESULTS
St. Bonaventure 5, Loyola (MD) 2
Singles
1. Alexandra Jansson (SBU) def. Olivia Tracey (LOY) 6-3, 6-1
2. Lauren Manwiller (LOY) def. Amelia Haley (SBU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Isabella Venter (SBU) def. Jessica Bodewes (LOY) 6-3, 6-0
4. Anastasia Gubanova (SBU) def. Emi Shuvkumar (LOY) 6-3, 6-2
5. Christine Richiez (LOY) def. Kashish Bote (SBU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Kelly Barnes (SBU) def. Jocelyn Assael (LOY) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
1. Gubanova/Venter (SBU) def. Bodewes/Shuvkumar (LOY) 6-3
2. Tracey/Assael (LOY) def. Jansson/Haley (SBU) 6-2
3. Bote/Barnes (SBU) def. Manwiller/Liza Tankimovich (LOY) 6-3
Navy 6, St. Bonaventure 1
Singles
1. Jansson (SBU) def. Casey Accola (NAVY) 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
2. Sia Chaudry (NAVY) def. Haley (SBU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Parvathi Shanker (NAVY) def. Venter (SBU) 4-6, 6-4, 12-10
4. Hanna Elks Smith (NAVY) def. Gubanova (SBU) 3-6, 7-6, 12-10
5. Kate Lee (NAVY) def. Bote (SBU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Corinne Farid (NAVY) def. Barnes (SBU) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
1. Samantha Johns/Emily Tannenbaum (NAVY) def. Venter/Gubanova (SBU) 6-2
2. Farid/Shanker (NAVY) def. Jansson/Haley (SBU) 6-4
3. Sylvia Eklund/Elie Choate (NAVY) def. Amara Young/Barnes (SBU) 6-1
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