Saturday, Sept. 24 vs. York
York 4, Waterloo 3
Like their male counterparts, the women Warriors fell 4-3 to the York Lions on Saturday afternoon. Waterloo started well gaining the doubles point when #1 pair of
Alison Drainie (Toronto/) and
Paige Long (Claremont/) and #3
Courtney Winter (Toronto/) and
Vanessa Diaconu (Toronto/) won their matches.
The Lions, however, roared back in the singles taking four of the six to give them the win. #1 Drainie and #3 Long provided the singles points. Drainie had a match point against her but fought back to send it to a tie-break in the third set which she won 7-2.
Scoring Summary
Doubles
Drainie and Long (W) bt Smith & Khalilova 8-3
Holland & Lucy (W) lost to Au & Gironda 0-8
Winter & Diaconu (W) bt Iantorno & Nickel 8-6
Singles
Drainie bt Khalilova 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
Holland lost to Smith 3-6, 3-6
Long bt Nickel 7-5, 6-3
Yao lost to Au 2-6, 6-1
Winter lost to Gironda 5-7, 3-6
Stewart lost to Iantorno 1-6, 1-6
Sunday, Sept. 25 vs. McMaster
Waterloo 4, McMaster 3
The Warrior women's tennis team reversed their 3-4 loss against York on Saturday to beat McMaster 4-3 on Sunday for their first win of the season.
The Warriors won all three doubles matches easily earning them the doubles point. However, the Marauders were to prove more troublesome in singles. Each team won three of the six singles and with the doubles point, the Warriors were able to get the win.
Doubles
Drainie & Long (W) bt Skandarajah 8-2
Holland & Yao (W) bt Karmally & Keludjian 8-0
Winter & Stewart (W) bt Lam 8-0
Singles
Drainie lost to Skandarajah 6-3, 0-6, 3-6
Holland lost to Ready 4-6, 2-6
Long bt Karmally 6-3, 6-2
Yao bt Mahmed 6-2, 6-4
Winter bt Keludjian 6-0, 6-0
Diaconu lost to Machin 3-6, 4-6
