Women’s Tennis Secures Road AAC Win

Storrs, Conn. --- The ECU Women's tennis team battled back to defeat UConn on the road Friday afternoon, 4-2.

After a short rain delay, the Pirates fell in a pair of tightly scored doubles matches to begin the match. The Purple and Gold rebounded with four wins in singles competition. Lisa Hofbauer helped turn the table with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over the Huskies No. 2 player, Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph. Hofbauer is now in a three-way tie for the most wins on the season with Nastja Rettich and Celia Ruiz, each holding 13 victories in singles competition

No. 69 Ruiz outlasted UConn's top solo competitor, Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva, 6-4, 6-3 to tie the score at 2-2. Ruiz improves to 4-1 in American Athletic Conference play. At the fifth position in the lineup ECU's Annija Veinsteina knocked off Zaina Zaki 6-1, 6-3. Hsia Ho Chiao secured her 10^th win of the year and clinched the team's victory with a 7-5, 6-2 win over UConn's Cassie Chung.

Records
ECU (16-8, 2-5), UConn (10-9, 0-4)

Coach's Quote
"Very proud of our effort today after losing the doubles point. This team is battling hard in every position, it's a solid win against a good UConn team." – ECU Head Coach Tom Morris

Results: ECU, UConn
Doubles
1. Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva/J. Fitz-Randolph (UCONN) def. Alisa Diercksen/Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) 6-4
2. Summer Walker/Zaina Zaki (UCONN) def. Hsia Ho Chiao/Nastja Rettich (ECU) 6-4
3. Cassie Chung/Elizabeth Kozyi (UCONN) vs. Annija Veinsteina/Sarah Sarjoo (ECU) 4-5, DNF

Singles
1. No. 69 Celia Ruiz (ECU) def. Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva (UCONN) 6-4, 6-3
2. Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) def. J. Fitz-Randolph (UCONN) 6-1, 6-1
3. Summer Walker (UCONN) vs. Sarah Sarjoo (ECU) 4-6, 4-4, DNF
4. Jacqueline Lazaro (UCONN) def. Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Annija Veinsteina (ECU) def. Zaina Zaki (UCONN) 6-1, 6-3
6. Hsia Ho Chiao (ECU) def. Cassie Chung (UCONN) 7-5, 6-2

Up next
The Pirates will remain in Connecticut to face Cincinnati on Saturday in the regular season finale at 1:00 p.m. (EST).

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Players Mentioned

Alisa Diercksen

Lisa Hofbauer

Ho Chiao Hsia

Nastja Rettich

Celia Ruiz

Sarah Sarjoo

Annija Veinsteina

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