Women's Tennis Falls in Weekend Matches Against UMass, Boston University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College women's tennis team kicked off the spring schedule this past weekend, suffering setbacks to UMass and Boston University on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

On Saturday against the Minutewomen, the Friars fell 7-0 after UMass swept all singles and doubles matches. On Sunday against the Terriers, Providence dropped a 6-1 decision. Risa Takenaka (St. Charles, Mo.) rallied for one of her most impressive victories of her career, a 0-6, 6-4, 10-7 triumph over Boston University's Emily Kim in the No. 1 singles match. The Terriers claimed the other five singles matches in straight sets.

The Friars return to action on Saturday, Feb. 9 against Siena College. Match time is set for 10:45 a.m. at Centre Court in East Providence, R.I.

Results vs. UMass
Doubles
1: (UM) Lawrence-Taylor/Bocchi def. (PC) Takenaka/Satkowski 7-6 (2)
2: (UM) Crawford/Napadiy def. (PC) Epstein/Dailey 6-2
3: (UM) Tripathy/Avery def. (PC) Pitocco/Gurski 6-1

Singles
1: (UM) Lawrence-Taylor def. (PC) Takenaka 6-2, 6-1
2: (UM) Crawford def. (PC) Epstein 6-0, 6-4
3: (UM) Bocchi def. (PC) Satkowski 6-3, 6-2
4: (UM) Napadiy def. (PC) Gurski 6-1, 6-1
5: (UM) Tripathy vs. (PC) Pitocco 6-1, 6-1
6: (UM) Bogicevic vs. (PC) Dailey 6-1, 6-0

Results vs. Boston University

Doubles

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Risa Takenaka / Sera Satkowski [PROV]	5
Emily Kim / Shelly Yaloz [BOSTONU]	7

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Aidan Epstein / Mimi Dailey [PROV]	0
Sabrina Faybyshev / Lily Burchell [BOSTONU]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Haley Gurski / Natalie Pitocco [PROV]	0
Remi Ramos / Katya Martens [BOSTONU]	6

Singles

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Risa Takenaka [PROV]	0	6	10
Emily Kim [BOSTONU]	6	4	7

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Aidan Epstein [PROV]	0	0
Remi Ramos [BOSTONU]	6	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Sera Satkowski [PROV]	2	1
Shelly Yaloz [BOSTONU]	6	6

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Haley Gurski [PROV]	0	0
Lily Burchell [BOSTONU]	6	6

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Natalie Pitocco [PROV]	1	2
Sabrina Faybyshev [BOSTONU]	6	6

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Mimi Dailey [PROV]	2	0
Katya Martens [BOSTONU]	6	6