The Vanderbilt University women’s tennis team defeated Kentucky 5-2 on Saturday. The Dores will finish the regular season at home when they face No. 52 LSU and TSU on Friday and celebrate senior day against No. 2 Texas A&M on Sunday.
Even with a last-minute switch to playing indoors due to inclement weather, the Dores were ready. No. 73 Celia-Belle Mohr and Marcella Cruz capitalized early with a 6-2 victory on court 2. Bridget Stammel and Anessa Lee grabbed the doubles point for the Dores on court 3 to give Vandy the lead going into singles.
In the singles, the Dores’ momentum continued. No. 35 Mohr defeated No. 32 Florencia Urrutia in straight sets to extend her streak to six. On court 4, Lee won in straight sets to extend her hitting streak to five and put the Dores within one point of winning the match.
Shortly thereafter, Stammel reclaimed the winning point for Vandy with her victory in straight sets on court 3. The remaining singles matches were played and Vandy was able to pick up an additional point from Holly Staff.
Women’s doubles
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Anna Ross/Staff (Vandy) vs.
No. 44 Molina/Stevens 5-4
No. 73 Mohr/Cruz (Vandy) def. Hammond/Eades 6-2
Stammel/Lee (Vandy) def. Urrutia/Gonzalez 6-3
Women’s singles
No. 35 Mohr (Vandy) def. No. 32 Urrutia 6-2, 6-1
Elizabeth Stevens (Kentucky) def. No. 113 Anna Ross 6-3, 6-1
Stammel (Vandy) def.
Ellie Eades 6-4, 6-3
Lee (Vandy) def. Carlota Molina 6-1, 6-4
Staff (Vandy) def. Lidia Gonzalez 7-5, 6-2
Zoe Hammond (Kentucky) def. Dasha Kourkina 6-2, 6-2
About the Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a university in Nashville, Tennessee.
It was founded in 1873 by Cornelius Vanderbilt with a donation of one million dollars. It hosts around 13,000 students. Vanderbilt spent $738 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 31st in the nation. In 2013, Vanderbilt University was ranked ninth in the country in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Vanderbilt is ranked the 116th best university in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and 33rd in the United States by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks Vanderbilt as the 62nd-best university in the world.
Additionally the ARWU Field rankings in 2015 placed Vanderbilt as 18th best in the world for Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy, and 21st in Social Sciences. Vanderbilt is a founding and charter member of the Southeastern Conference and for a half-century has been the conference’s only private school.
The university fields six men’s and ten women’s intercollegiate teams and has won five NCAA championships.
