WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The New Haven women's tennis team opened up their first home match of the spring season with a dominating 6-1 feat over American International. The match included shutouts from both the doubles and singles competitions - a real team effort. 

Alexa Orlando (Frederick, Md./Middletown) led the way in the singles competition. The sophomore recorded shutout sets at the No. 4 singles pairing. Anna Katz (Miami, Fla./Laurel Springs) followed not too far behind in the dominating performance column at No. 5 singles, she was just one point shy of shutout sets. Other notable performances came from Nicole Mika (Staten Island, N.Y./Laurel Springs), who won her first set 6-0, however she had already had her moment to shine in the doubles competition. Karim Carreras (Asuncion, Paraguay/Colegio Bautista de Villa Morra) and Charlotte Vick (Englewood, Fla./Evansville North (Ind.)) also took big wins in their individual matchups at No. 1 and No. 7 respectively. 

Mika and graduate student Gaayatri Shankar (Kochi, India/TocH Public School) led the way in the doubles competition, sweeping their matchup at the No. 2 doubles pairing of the day. One point shy of a shutout, again, was Katz with teammate Abby Murphy (Southington, Conn./Southington). The two sophomores took the victory 6-1 in the No. 3 doubles competition. Still having dominant performances was the No. 1 doubles pairing of Carreras and Lilia Rodriguez (Bayamon, Puerto Rico/Colegio Marista), who won their matchup 6-2.

The Blue and Gold have a few days to rest after such a big day at the West Haven Tennis Courts, after their match with USciences was canceled due to weather conditions. 

NEXT ON TAP

The New Haven squad returns to action this Wednesday when they travel to New York to play Dominican College. First serve between the fellow Chargers is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.