Rome, Ga. – The No. 2 Wesleyan women's tennis team cruised past Moravian, 5-0, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday morning from the Rome Tennis Center in Georgia. With the win, the Cardinals remain unbeaten at 7-0 on the season and advance to the Third Round where they will face the winner of No. 23 Linfield and No. 26 Hope College at 10:00 AM on Saturday.
The defending national champion Wesleyan wins an NCAA Tournament match for the fifth consecutive contested season dating back to the 2015-16 campaign. In their history, Wesleyan women's tennis has won at least one match in all six trips to the NCAA Tournament (2001, 2016-19, 2021). This victory was the first all-time meeting between the Cardinals and Greyhounds while Wesleyan handed Moravian their first loss of 2021 (11-0 coming into play).
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Wesleyan swept the doubles points, defeating Moravian by a cumulative score line of 24-2 in the three matches
- Fresh off the announcement that the duo will be competing together in the 2021 NCAA Doubles Championships, Venia Yeung '22 and Katie Fleischman '23 made quick work of their matchup against Emma and Mary Angle at #1 with an 8-1 win
- At #2 doubles, Wesleyan saw the return of Kristina Yu '22 as the two-time All-American in doubles made her first appearance of 2021, pairing with Caitlin Goldberg '23 to easily defeat Kristen Cassidy and Brooke Adams 8-1
- It was a clean sweep at #3 as Alexis Almy '22 and Megan Tran '22 remained unbeaten as a duo, moving to 4-0 on the season with a dominating 8-0 win over Julianne Cassady and Cristina Merone
- In singles, it was even more of a dominating performance from Wesleyan as the Cardinals dropped just three total games in the six combined matches before the clinching point was made
- Goldberg was the first to finish as she rolled in a perfect 6-0, 6-0 straight set win over Maddie Figiel at #6
- Fleischman closed out her match moments later as she defeated Mary Angle at #2 by a score of 6-1, 6-0 as the 2021 All-NESCAC First Teamer ups her win streak to six straight in singles
- The remaining four singles matches were all close to finishing as Yeung led 6-1, 5-0 at #1, Almy was up 6-0, 5-0 at #3, Serim Jin '23 was out front 6-0, 4-1 at #4 and Yu led 6-0, 5-0 in her match at #5
Two-time All-American Kristina Yu '22 returned to the Wesleyan lineup for the first time in 2021
Doubles:
- #1: Yeung/Fleischman (WES) def. Emma and Mary Angle (MOR) 8-1
- #2: Goldberg/Yu (WES) def. Cassidy/Adams (MOR) 8-1
- #3: Almy/Tran (WES) def. Cassady/Merone (MOR) 8-0
Singles:
- #1: Yeung (WES) led Emma Angle (MOR) 6-1, 5-0 unfinished
- #2: Fleischman (WES) def. Mary Angle (MOR) 6-1, 6-0
- #3: Almy (WES) led Adams (MOR) 6-0, 5-0 unfinished
- #4: Jin (WES) led Cassady (MOR) 6-0, 4-1 unfinished
- #5: Yu (WES) led Cassidy (MOR) 6-0, 5-0 unfinished
- #6: Goldberg (WES) def. Figiel (MOR) 6-0, 6-0
Katie Fleischman '23 won the clinching point, picking her first two career NCAA Tournament victories
UP NEXT
Wesleyan (7-0) heads into the NCAA Tournament Third Round and will face the winner of No. 23 Linfield (12-2) and No. 26 Hope (12-2) on Saturday at 10:00 AM from the Rome Tennis Center. The Cardinals are 2-2 all-time in NCAA Tournament Third Round matches. Wesleyan's first and only meeting against Hope was a 5-0 win in the 2018 NCAA Tournament Second Round. Wesleyan has never faced Linfield.
