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Saturday, February 24
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Tennis player Vannelie Melendez hits the ball forehand during a 2024 indoor match.

Women's Tennis Splits Matches To Close Out The Weekend

2/26/2024 1:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis

The Friars earned a 4-3 win over Colgate on Sunday.

WARWICK, R.I. - The Providence College women's tennis team closed out the weekend (Feb. 24-25) by splitting matches against Fairfield and Colgate. On Saturday, Fairfield defeated the Friars, 6-1, but Providence responded on Sunday with a 4-3 win over Colgate to improve to 2-7 overall in the spring season.

Vannelie Melendez earned Providence's lone victory on Saturday against Fairfield, defeating Francesca Karman in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 10-6. On Sunday, Colgate earned the double points to take a 1-0 lead but the Friars rallied to win four of six singles matches to claim a 4-3 overall victory. Mae Abreu, Lauren Carson, Liria Loria and Elisa Davalos scored wins for Providence. Loria and Davalos won their respective matches in straight sets.

The Friars continue play this weekend with a road match at Quinnipiac on Saturday (March 2) and a home contest at TRI West Bay on Sunday (March 3) against Bentley.

Official Tennis Dual Match Results (Final)
Providence vs Fairfield
02/24/2024
 
Match Score: Fairfield 6, Providence 1
# DOUBLES DRAWS
1 Liria Loria and Vannelie Melendez (PC) def.
Lily Malinowski and Francesca Karman (FAIR)		 7-6
2 Sarah Liu and Maeve Cassidy (FAIR) def.
Lauren Carson and Elisa Davalos (PC)		 6-2
3 Laina Campos and Lucie Tuttle (FAIR) def.
Camila Barrera and Erika Beltran (PC)		 6-4
 
# SINGLES DRAWS
1 Sarah Liu (FAIR) def. Camila Barrera (PC) 6-0 6-2
2 Katarina Plumtree (FAIR) def. Mae Abreu (PC) 6-1 6-4
3 Nicolette Loeffler (FAIR) def. Lauren Carson (PC) 6-0 6-0
4 Vannelie Melendez (PC) def. Francesca Karman (FAIR) 4-6 7-5 10-6
5 Lily Malinowski (FAIR) def. Liria Loria (PC) 6-2 6-7 10-3
6 Scarlett Hutchinson (FAIR) def. Elisa Davalos (PC) 6-2 6-3

Official Tennis Dual Match Results (Final)
Providence vs Colgate
02/25/2024
 
Match Score: Providence 4, Colgate 3
# DOUBLES DRAWS
1 Amelia Galin and Sophia Montero (COL) def.
Liria Loria and Vannelie Melendez (PC)		 6-0
2 Lauren Carson and Elisa Davalos (PC) def.
Carina Christobal and Sasha Herman (COL)		 6-3
3 Eliza Podlas and Avery Isaac (COL) def.
Camila Barrera and Erika Beltran (PC)		 7-5
 
# SINGLES DRAWS
1 Sophia Montero (COL) def. Camila Barrera (PC) 6-2 0-6 6-4
2 Mae Abreu (PC) def. Amelia Galin (COL) 7-5 4-6 6-3
3 Lauren Carson (PC) def. Addie Eklund (COL) 1-6 6-3 6-3
4 Carina Christobal (COL) def. Vannelie Melendez (PC) 6-4 7-6
5 Liria Loria (PC) def. Eliza Podlas (COL) 6-3 6-2
6 Elisa Davalos (PC) def. Sasha Herman (COL) 7-5 7-6 (5-)

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