LYNCHBURG, Va.- The Randolph women's tennis team hosted the University of Olivet on Tuesday afternoon. The WildCats defeated the Comets 6-3.
Randolph claimed all three doubles matches. It was a tight battle at second doubles as Gianna Cabrera (Portsmouth, Va.) and Amanda Jagdeo (South Ozone Park, NY/Flushing HS) faced the pair of Madison Golden and Leah Hopkins. Cabrera and Jagdeo came out on top in the end as they won 8-6.
Lena Kersten (Bonn, Germany/Otto Kuhne Schule) won easily at first singles 6-0, 6-0 over Jordan West to move to 9-0 on the season in singles play. Maddie Mills (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) clinched the match for the WildCats as she defeated Hopkins 6-4, 6-3 at third singles. Molly McNair (New South Wales, Australia/Figtree) won her sixth singles match 7-6, 6-2 over Alyssa Davis. Noura Elkhansa (Charleston, W.V./George Washington HS) went to a super tiebreaker at second singles. Elkhansa won the first set 7-6 but fell in the next two 6-4, 1-0 to Rylee Lewis. Tori Yancey also went to a super tiebreak at fifth singles against Madison Gloven. Gloven won the first set 6-1 while Yancey took the second set 7-6, Gloven was the 1-0 winner in the third frame.
"Really proud of how the women's team fought against a good Olivet team without having Sabrina today who was sick," said head coach Sam Martinez. "We changed things up in the lineup and everyone just took it in stride and competed. Big win on doubles for Gianna and Amanda, and important wins in singles for Molly and Maddie."
Randolph returns to ODAC play as it hosts Averett on Saturday. The match begins at 1:00 p.m.