Martinez Breaks Doubles Wins Record in Win at Saint Louis

Saturday, March 4

O'Fallon, Ill.

5 PM

Western Kentucky University

Saint Louis

3/4/2023 9:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

O'FALLON, Ill. — WKU Tennis continued its 2023 season on Saturday sweeping the Saint Louis Billikens 4-0 in O'Fallon, Ill. The Lady Toppers improve to 8-6, while Saint Louis moves to 7-3.

"Big win on the road against Saint Louis, a team that had only two losses on the year," said head coach Greg Davis. "We played exceptional doubles today at No. 1 and No. 2. Great win by Sayda at No. 2 to clinch the match. We were all so happy to see Samantha Martinez get the doubles record today, the 38^th of her career."

The Lady Toppers won the doubles point for the first time in three matches, winning on courts one and two. Samantha Martinez and Mariana Zegada earned the win on court two, not dropping a game, winning 6-0. With this win, Martinez picks up her 38^th career doubles win, breaking the record for the most doubles wins in program history formerly held by her former teammate Cora-Lynn von Dungern (2019-21). Following that, Paola Cortez and Sayda Hernandez claimed the doubles point for the Lady Toppers, winning 6-3 on court one.

In singles, three Lady Toppers saw victory to finish the match and get the dual match win. Sofia Blanco got the second point for WKU winning in straight sets at No. 4, 6-2, 6-0, improving to 8-5 on the year. On court three, Rachel Hermanova notched her 11^th win of the year in 14 matches, 6-3, 6-4, claiming the third point for WKU. Sayda Hernandez finished the match, earning the win at No. 2, 6-1, 6-4.

The final three matches went unfinished resulting in the final tally being 4-0, in favor of the Lady Toppers.

WKU Tennis will continue play tomorrow, March 5 at 9 a.m. CT when they visit SIU Edwardsville.

Final Results
Singles (Order of finish: 4,3,2)
1: Paola Cortez (WKU) vs. Elizaneth Mintusova (SLU) 7-6 (3), 0-4, unfinished
2: Sayda Hernandez (WKU) def. Norhan Hesham (SLU) 6-1, 6-4
3: Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Ksenia Aleshina (SLU) 6-2, 6-4
4: Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Florella Duran (SLU) 6-2, 6-0
5: Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) vs. Sandra Gines (SLU) 6-2, 1-3, unfinished
6: Mariana Zegada (WKU) vs. Mya Spencer (SLU) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished

Doubles (Order of finish: 2,1)
1: Cortez/Hernandez (WKU) vs. Spencer/Hesham (SLU) 6-3
2: Martinez/Zegada (WKU) def. Barlow/Duran (SLU) 6-0
3: Blanco/Hermanova (WKU) def. Mintusova/Gines (SLU) 4-3, unfinished

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