SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame women’s tennis team went a perfect 3-0 on the weekend at home, cruising to victories over Navy, Ball State and Xavier. The Fighting Irish were absolutely dominant, winning by a combined margin of 20-1.
Notre Dame improved to 6-1 overall on the spring season. Below are individual highlights from this past weekend plus a full list of all results.
- Bianca Molnar – 3-0 in singles – straight sets – combined margin of 36-11
- Matsuno – 2-0 in singles – straight sets
- 2-1 in doubles
- Holod – 3-0 in singles – straight sets – combined margin of 36-16
- 2-0 in doubles
- Rawles – 2-0 in singles – straight sets – 24-6
- Mari-Louise Van Zyl – 2-1 in singles
- Jessica Kovalcik – 3-0 in singles – straight sets – combined bargin of 36-11
- Rylie Hanford – 2-0 in singles
- Esther Vrylan – 2-0 in doubles
Notre Dame 7 – Navy 0
DOUBLES – 3, 2, 1
1. Molnar/Holod (ND) def. Fermo/FU (NAVY), 6-4
2. Jordan/Philemon (NAVY) def. Matsuno/Kovalcik (ND), 6-3
3. Rawles/Hanford (ND) def. Lee/Li (NAVY), 6-2
SINGLES – 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6
1. #58 Bianca Molnar (ND) def. Olivia Fermo (NAVY), 6-2, 6-2
2. Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Emma Gu (NAVY), 6-1, 6-3
3. Sophia Holod (ND) def. Nicole Fu (NAVY), 6-4, 6-1
4. Gabriella Rawles (ND) def. Grace Li (NAVY), 6-1, 6-1
5. Mari-Louise Van Zyl (ND) def. Anna Jordan (NAVY), 6-2, 6-3
6. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Molly Bellia (NAVY), 6-2, 6-1
Notre Dame 7 – Ball State 0
DOUBLES – 1, 3, 2
1. Shahbaz/Tanjuatco (BSU) def. Rawles/Hanford (ND), 6-3
2. Matsuno/Van Zyl (ND) def. Bristow/Barrera (BSU), 6-4
3. Holod/Vrylan (ND) def. Hrehor/Fontana (BSU), 6-3
SINGLES – 5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 3
1. #58 Bianca Molnar (ND) def. Alana Bristow (BSU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Sophia Holod (ND) def. Priyanka Rana (BSU), 6-3, 6-3
3. Rylie Hanford (ND) def. Isabel Tanjuatco (BSU), 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
4. Gabriella Rawles (ND) def. Asia Ting Fontana (BSU), 6-3, 6-1
5. Mari-Louise Van Zyl (ND) def. Gabriella Barrera (BSU), 6-1, 6-2
6. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Jemima William-Phillips (BSU), 6-2, 6-4
Notre Dame 6 – Xavier 1
DOUBLES – 2, 3
1. Molnar/Holod (ND) def. Nugent/Owen (XAV), 6-5 unfinished
2. Matsuno/Van Zyl (ND) def. Deford/Rexroat (XAV), 6-1
3. Vrylan/Kovalcik (ND) def. Smitek/Brotherton (XAV), 7-5
SINGLES – 1, 4, 6, 2, 3, 5
1. #58 Bianca Molnar (ND) def. Abby Nugent (XAV), 6-1, 6-2
2. Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Madeleine Rexroat (XAV), 6-2, 6-2
3. Sophia Holod (ND) def. Ella Deford (XAV), 6-2, 6-3
4. Rylie Hanford (ND) def. Natalie Smitek (XAV), 6-1, 6-4
5. Clara Owen (XAV) def. Mari-Louise Van Zyl (ND), 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)
6. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Abigail Siminski (XAV), 6-1, 6-1
– ND –