Dukes Take Down No. 8 Coastal in Sun Belt Second Spherical

ROME, Ga. – No. 9 James Madison claimed the doubles level in thrilling trend and put collectively a robust displaying in singles play to defeat No. 8 Coastal Carolina, 4-0, within the second spherical of the Sun Belt Conference Women’s Tennis Championship on Thursday afternoon on the Rome Tennis Center.

The Dukes (12-10) advance to the Sun Belt quarterfinal matchup towards top-seeded Old Dominion, which can begin at 10 a.m. on Friday. It would be the second straight event that the Dukes and Monarchs face one another.

JMU moved on on the championship after staving off a match level in doubles play and registering three straight-set singles triumphs.

JMU’s three gamers to go 2-0 on the day have been Daria Munteanu, Ariel Avidan and Brooklyn Hoffmann. While Hoffmann had a robust court-one doubles win, the crew of Munteanu and Avidan captured JMU’s 1-0 lead after a late surge in doubles.

Doubles was all sq. at one apiece after Coastal gained court docket three by a 6-1 margin and Hoffmann and Corinna Rietmann took down Brunelle Kouam and Francisca Laundes, 6-3, on court docket one.

Munteanu and Avidan trailed 5-4 towards Aida Mitrache and Brooke Rogers and confronted a match level on a deuce level however staved off the CCU clinching alternative. What ensued was nothing wanting dominance, because the JMU duo reeled off a string of 9 winners on 10 factors to win the match and clinch doubles, at 7-5.

In singles play, issues have been tight early. JMU took opening units on 4 of six courts, nevertheless three of 4 have been gained in tiebreak trend. Though Coastal took set leads on courts two and 6, the Dukes cut up, taking second units on each courts to power third units.

JMU doubled its result in 2-0 on court docket three, the place Avidan upended Mitrache by a 6-3, 6-3 rating. Shortly after on court docket 4, Hoffmann, who gained a 7-0 tiebreak within the opening set, cruised within the second to beat Laundes, 7-6 (0), 6-0.

The match clincher occurred on court docket one, as Munteanu, taking part in in her remaining championship, gained a wild first set earlier than pulling away within the second. She gained the opening set by an 8-6 margin within the breaker and would go on to shut the match with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory towards Kouam.

Elsewhere, Sophie Williams held a set lead on court docket 5 (7-6 (4), 0-1) and each Mia Saveljic (4-6, 6-3, 1-0) and Anna Kantor (1-6, 6-2, 0-3) have been in third units on courts two and 6, respectively.