Clemson Sweeps Fordham, 4-0, and Mercer, 7-0 for Clean Friday Slate

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson Women’s Tennis team (8-1) took care of business on Friday, sweeping both Fordham (3-2), 4-0, and Mercer (1-6), 7-0. The Tigers are now 6-0 at home on the year and have won the last five in a row. 

Clemson 4, Fordham 0

Kicking the day off on doubles, Amelie Smejkalova and Gaia Parravicini opened up the scoring for the Tigers in a swift 6-3 win over Nevena Kolarevic and Julianne Nguyen. In a comeback win on court two, Romana Cisovska and Candela Yecora secured the doubles point for Clemson over Lorraine Bergmann and Lily Chitambar 6-4. On court three, Annabelle Davis and Sophia Hatton were up 6-5 when the match was abandoned.

In singles, Candela Yecora swiftly defeated Aya Matsunaga 6-2, 6-1 on court six. In a similarly swift fashion, Hatton extended the lead for the Tigers over Julianne Nguyen 6-0, 6-2. 

Shortly after, Cisovska clinched the match for Clemson with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Paola Dalmonico. On courts two, four, and five the matches were left unfinished with Smejkalova up 6-3, 4-3 over Bergmann, Artemis Aslanishvili up 7-6 (7-0) over Chitambar, and Catalina Padilla up 6-3, 2-2 over Parravicini.

Clemson 7, Mercer 0

In doubles, Parravicini and Smejkalova took care of business in a 6-1 win over Marie Bannmeyer and Dzhastina Mikhnova of Mercer. The court two doubles pair of Yecora and Cisovska defeated Marina Quinones and Ines Homberg, 6-3, to take the doubles point for Clemson. On court three, Annabelle Davis and Sophia Hatton were up 5-3 when the match was left unfinished.

In singles, Yecora opened up the scoring with a straight sweep of Kennedi Jones 6-0, 6-0. To extend the lead, Cisovska defeated Mikhnova 6-3, 6-0 quickly followed by Parravicini on court five in a commanding 6-0, 6-2 win over Jelena Gojkovic to secure the match for the Tigers.

Aslanisvili shutdown Bannmeyer on court four with a 6-2, 6-0 victory. To close out the match, Davis defeated Tea Zivic 6-2, 6-2 to complete the sweep for Clemson.

Next Up: The Tigers are back at Duckworth to take on Kansas on Sunday, February 16 at 11:00 AM EST. 

RESULTS: 

Clemson (7-1), 4 vs Fordham (3-2), 0

Doubles

1. Parravicini/Smejkalova (CU) def. Kolarevic/Nguyen (FORD), 6-3
2. Yecora/Cisovska (CU) def. Bergmann/Chitambar (FORD), 6-4
3. Davis/Hatton (CU) vs. Dalmonico/Siem (FORD), 6-5, unfinished

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles

1. Sophia Hatton (CU) def. Julianne Smejkalova (FORD), 6-0, 6-2
2. Amelie Smejkalova (CU) def. Lorraine Bergmann (FORD), 6-3, 4-3, unfinished
3. Romana Cisovska (CU) def. Paola Dalmonico (FORD), 6-4, 6-2
4. Artemis Aslanisvili (CU) def. Lily Chitambar (FORD), 7-6 (7-0), unfinished
5. Catalina Padilla(FORD) def. Gaia Parravicini (CU), 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
6. Candela Yecora (CU) def. Aya Matsunaga (FORD), 6-2, 6-1

Order of Finish: 6, 1, 3 

Clemson (8-1), 7 vs Mercer (1-6), 0

Doubles

1. Parravicini/Smejkalova (CU) def. Bannmeyer/Mikhnova (MER), 6-1
2. Yecora/Cisovska (CU) def. Quinones/Homberg (MER), 6-3
3. Davis/Hatton (CU) def. Zivic/Gojkovic (MER), 5-3, unfinished

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles

1. Amelie Smejkalova (CU) def. Marina Quinones (MER), 6-0, 6-3
2. Romana Cisovska (CU) def. Dzhastina Mikhnova (MER), 6-3, 6-0
3. Annabelle Davis (CU) def. Tea Zivic (MER), 6-2, 6-2
4. Artemis Aslanisvili (CU) vs. Marie Bannmeyer (MER), 6-2, 6-0
5. Gaia Parravicini (CU) vs. Jelena Gojkovic (MER), 6-0, 6-2
6. Candela Yecora (CU) def. Kennedi Jones (MER), 6-0, 6-0

Order of Finish: 6, 2, 5, 1, 4, 3