Toledo Sweeps UC Riverside 7-0 on Saturday

Saturday, March 5

Riverside, Calif. / SRC Tennis Courts

11:00 a.m. (PST)

University of Toledo

UC Riverside

Senior Eileen Carney defeated Sydney Tran in a three-set match comeback on the No. 5 court on Saturday.

Photo by: Haley Boehm

3/5/2022 5:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Toledo women's tennis team opened its spring break trip with a 7-0 sweep over UC Riverside on Saturday. The win marks the Rockets' third straight victory and improves them to 10-2 on the season.

Toledo started off strong in doubles competition, winning all three courts including a huge 7-6(5) victory on the No. 2 court by junior Sloane Teske and sophomore Shalini Tallamraju.

The Rockets did not hold back in singles competition. Senior Eileen Carney was down the first set on the No. 5 court, and came back to take back-to-back sets for the match win 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.
Teske's win over Sofia Lazzaroni on the No. 2 court marked her 12th straight singles win this season, 13th straight dating back to last season.

"It's great to beat an outdoor team,outside," head coach Tracy Mauntler said. "The conditions were extremely windy and I was so proud of the grit our players showed."

Toledo (10-3) will play its final non-conference match on Tuesday, March 8 at Cal State Fullerton. First serve is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. (EST) at Titan Courts.

No. 75 Toledo 7, UC Riverside 0
Doubles
1. Cassie Alcala/ Julia Kuszynski (TOL) def. Mahil Silpachai/ Hanh Pham (UCR) 6-1
2. Sloane Teske/ Shalini Tallamraju (TOL) def. Serina Saltzen/ Niki Shahbazi (UCR) 7-6(5)
3. Laura Morera/ Patricia Panta (TOL) def. Sofia Lazzaroni/ Syandy Tran (UCR) 6-4

Singles
1. Cassie Alcala (TOL) def. Hanh Pham (UCR) 6-1, 6-0
2. Sloane Teske (TOL) def. Sofia Lazzaroni (UCR) 6-1, 7-5
3. Julia Kuszynski (TOL) def. Serina Saltzen (UVR) 6-0, 6-1
4. Shalini Tallamraju (TOL) def. Niki Shahbazi (UCR) 6-2, 6-4
5. Eileen Carney (TOL) def. Sydney Tran (UCR) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
6. Christina Fuller (TOL) won by default.