WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Catholic women's tennis team delivered a strong performance on Saturday with a home meeting against Gettysburg. Head coach
Nate Farlow earned his 100th career win with the 6-1 victory over the Bullets.
Catholic got off to a fast start in doubles competition, claiming victories at the top two positions to secure the opening point. In the one spot,
Annie Nemoy and
Carmen Valentino cruised past Claire Carroccio and Eden Levkov, 6-1.
Meaghan Laniewski and
Ella Knox followed with a 6-2 victory over Ellie Smith and Lindsay Paullin on court two.
Catholic carried its momentum into singles play, where Valentino started things off with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory over Levkov in the one spot. Nemoy followed with a straight-set win of her own, defeating Smith 6-4, 6-4 on court two to give the Cardinals their third point.
Laniewski had a battle at the four singles spot. After dropping a tightly contested opening set to Carroccio, 5-7, Laniewski fought back to take the second set, 7-5 and force a tiebreaker. She stayed strong, defeating Carroccio 1-0 (10-8) to complete the comeback victory.
The Cardinals continued to add to their lead later in the day.
Cristina Moreira earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Maddy Jackson on court five, while
Samantha D'Addezio closed the day with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Gettysburg's Meaghan Dougherty in spot six.
This win marked head coach
Nate Farlow's 100th career win at the helm of both programs. It was his 47th win for the women's program.
With this win, Catholic improves its record to 3-2 to close out the fall season.
