No. 25 Texas Tech Defeats No. 61 Yale, 4-0
Shklover and Yu Show Good Form in Singles
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Yale women's tennis team had a tough outing on Friday, falling to No. 25 Texas Tech in the first round of the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic. The Red Raiders started strong and never let the Bulldogs into the match, completing a 4-0 victory. Despite the loss, two Bulldogs had the upper hand in their singles matches when Texas Tech clinched.
Texas Tech began the match in top form, as the team's players quickly notched wins in doubles at the top two spots. The clash for the doubles point was closer than it looked, however, as the match at the No. 3 spot, which pitted Yale's duo of junior Courtney Amos and freshman Carol Finke against Texas Tech's pairing of Sarah Dvorak and Katelyn Jackson, was locked at four games apiece when doubles play was suspended.
The Red Raiders carried their momentum into singles, as they managed to secure three straight-set victories to seal the overall win. Without these straightforward triumphs, however, the match might have been a much tighter affair, as senior captain Hanna Yu was well on her way to victory over Kenna Kilgo at the No. 1 spot and freshman Valerie Shklover had taken the first set in her match at No. 6 singles against Samantha Czarniak.
Full results from Friday's match against Texas Tech can be found below.
Yale will now take part in the consolation draw at the Blue Gray Invitational, and is scheduled to face Tulane on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. CST (5:00 p.m. EST).
Report by Robert Batista '15, Yale Sports Publicity
Doubles
Kenna Kilgo/Gabriela Talaba (Texas Tech) def. Valerie Shklover/Hanna Yu (Yale), 6-0
Lynn Kiro/Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) def. Sherry Li/Elizabeth Zordani (Yale), 6-3
Courtney Amos/Carol Finke (Yale) vs. Sarah Dvorak/Katelyn Jackson (Texas Tech), 4-4 DNF
Singles
Hanna Yu (Yale) vs. Kenna Kilgo (Texas Tech), 6-3, 4-0 DNF
Sarah Dvorak (Texas Tech) def. Courtney Amos (Yale), 6-1, 6-0
Lynn Kiro (Texas Tech) def. Sherry Li (Yale), 6-2, 6-0
Gabriella Talaba (Texas Tech) def. Carol Fine (Yale), 6-0, 6-0
Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) vs. Caroline Lynch (Yale), 6-0, 5-1 DNF
Valerie Shklover (Yale) def. Samantha Czarniak (Texas Tech), 6-4 DNF
