Women's Tennis | March 15, 2018

AKRON, Ohio -- Facing a team that won 23 matches last season, the La Salle University women's tennis team lost to Akron, 7-0, on Thursday afternoon.

The Zips swept the Explorers in all nine matches to improve to 11-7 on the season. La Salle did have a pair of players take five games in singles action, as junior Brittany Poje and senior Jade Smith did so at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively.

La Salle rounds out a busy week of action with a non-conference matchup at Loyola (Md.) on Saturday, March 17.

Akron 7, La Salle 0
Doubles
1. Rita Pedroso/Anna Uljanov (Akron) def. Ali Snyder/Tiffany Theophil (LU), 6-2
2. Carli Knezevich/Madison Wolfe (Akron) def. Brittany Poje/Jade Smith (LU), 6-3
3. Luisa Echeverry /Waverly Wituski (Akron) def. Maansi Malhotra/Jayla Smith (LU), 6-1
 
Singles
1. Rita Pedroso (Akron) def. Tiffany Theophil (LU), 6-2, 6-0
2. Carli Knezevich (Akron) def. Ali Snyder (LU), 6-1, 6-2
3. Luisa Echeverry (Akron) def. Brittany Poje (LU), 6-1, 6-4
4. Madison Wolfe (Akron) def. Jade Smith (LU), 6-4, 6-1
5. Waverly Wituski (Akron) def. Maansi Malhotra (LU), 6-1, 6-2
6. Carla Flores (Akron) def. Jayla Smith (LU), 6-0, 6-0
 
Order of Finish:
Doubles– 3, 2, 1
Singles– 6, 1, 5, 3, 2, 4