Quinnipiac University
Wesleyan University
QU Women's Tennis Set for Weekend Matches Against Wesleyan, URI
3/24/2017 11:18:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Wesleyan Cardinals (3-0, 0-0 NESCAC)
Date: March 25, 2017
Time: 6 P.M.
Location: North Haven Health & Racquet Club - North Haven, Connecticut
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (5-6, 3-0 MAAC) vs.
Rhode Island Rams (4-8, 0-1 A-10)
Date: March 26, 2017
Time: 6 P.M.
Location: North Haven Health & Racquet Club - North Haven, Connecticut
BACK IN ACTION
The Quinnipiac women's tennis team is back in action this weekend as it plays host to Wesleyan on Saturday at 6 p.m. and Rhode Island on Sunday at 6 p.m., with both contests being held at the North Haven Health & Racquet Club.
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
Wesleyan comes into the match starting the season on a three-game winning streak, defeating Carnegie Mellon, Washington (Mo.) and Denison.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
Rhode Island comes into the contest with a 4-8 record, having lost its only game played during Atlantic-10 Conference competition. The Rams have defeated Bryant, Providence, Siena and Monmouth this season.
LAST TIME OUT
The last time the Bobcats took the court, they defeated Hofstra, 5-2, on Saturday, March 11 at the Point Set Racquet Club in Oceanside, New York. Quinnipiac took the first five points of the match to clinch the victory early on.
The Bobcats' dominant senior trio of Sitilia Rencheli (Sarasota, Florida), Rachel Horton (Stamford, Connecticut) and Sydney Young (Austin, Texas) all earned two wins on the afternoon.
MAAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Quinnipiac women's tennis senior Sitilia Rencheli (Sarasota, Florida) was named the MAAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week, as announced by the league on Wednesday, March 15. It was the second week in a row that a Quinnipiac women's tennis player won the award as Sydney Young (Austin, Texas) was honored the previous week. Rencheli's player of the week honors are the second of her career, and she is the third Quinnipiac women's tennis player to be honored with a weekly award this season, as Rachel Horton (Stamford, Connecticut) won the award earlier this season as well.
Rencheli went 2-0 over the weekend in Quinnipiac's contest against Hofstra, where the Bobcats won, 5-2. In the No. 2 match in doubles play, Rencheli teamed up with Kelsi Oliphant (Calgary, Alberta) to defeat Sarah Herndon and Disha Yellayi, 6-1, clinching the doubles point for Quinnipiac. Rencheli later took to the court for the No. 1 singles match and cruised past D'Asha Davis in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.
KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE
After defeating Niagara on Saturday, Feb. 18, including MAAC Tournament matches, the Bobcats are now 30-0 in matches against MAAC opponents since joining the new league coming from the Northeast Conference.
MAAC MONSTERS
In the Bobcats' three MAAC dual matches, they have gone 26-1 in competition. The team has posted a 17-1 record in singles play against MAAC opponents and a 9-0 record in doubles competition.
DOMINANT DUOS
The Bobcats own a 56-25 (.691) record in doubles play this season. The duo of Horton and Young leads the team in wins with 18. However, the team of Layla Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) and Rencheli sit in second with 12 wins.
CHEMISTRY IS EVERYTHING
Of the 15 different doubles combinations that head coach Paula Miller has used this season, 13 of those duos have winning records.
ALL THEY DO IS WIN
As the team heads into the match, Young leads the team in overall wins with 30, while Horton sits in second with 28 wins and Rodriguez is in third with 25 wins.
ON FIRE
In her last nine singles matches, Young owns a record of 7-2.
JOIN THE 10 CLUB
Young leads the team with 11 singles wins, but Jennifer Lu (Cypress, California), Horton, and Rodriguez all have 10 singles victories on the season.
What's On Tap?
Following the matches against Wesleyan and Rhode Island, the Bobcats will be back in action on Saturday, April 1, when Quinnipiac travels to take on Fordham at 1 p.m.
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