Dragons Sweep Doubles Point to Defeat Norfolk State, 4-1

Wednesday, March 23

Norfolk, VA

12 p.m.

Drexel University

Norfolk State

Photo by: Greg Carroccio

Dragons Sweep Doubles Point to Defeat Norfolk State, 4-1

3/23/2022 7:33:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. – The Drexel women's tennis team rallied behind a sweep of the doubles point to defeat the Norfolk State Spartans, 4-1.

Drexel earned three hard-fought victories to clinch the doubles point and jump to a quick start in the match. Lorie Lemongo and Mya Fuentes paired up in the top flight and won their match, 6-3. Cristina Corte Gonzalez and Renata Lombera defeated their opponents in the second-seeded match, 6-2. Similarly, Aida Garcia Mendez and Isabel Cabrerizo also defeated their opponents, 6-2, in the No. 3 match.

Lemongo took the first-seeded match in singles play, 6-2, 6-0. In the fourth-seeded match, Garcia Mendez used a 6-3, 6-0 to defeat her opponent. Corte Gonzalez completed her best performance of the year by completely shutting out her opponent in the fifth-seeded match, 6-0, 6-0.

The Dragons return to Philadelphia and travel to Temple on April 8 to take on the Owls at 11 a.m.

DOUBLES
1 | Lorie Lemongo / Mya Fuentes def. Amber Fuller / Aleksandra Evdokimova, 6-3
2 | Cristina Corte Gonzalez / Renata Lombera def. Zada McMorris / Andrea Barcenas, 6-2
3 | Aida Garcia Mendez / Isabel Cabrerizo def. Laura Ruiz / Breana Cook, 6-2

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

SINGLES
1 | Lorie Lemongo def. Amber Fuller, 6-2, 6-0
2 | Isabel Cabrerizo vs. Aleksandra Evdokimova, 2-6, 3-2 Unfinished
3 | Andrea Barcenas def. Mya Fuentes, 1-3 ret.
4 | Aida Garcia Mendez def. Breana Cook, 6-3, 6-0
5 | Cristina Corte Gonzalez def. Niya Grant, 6-0, 6-0
6 | Pauline Kharkover vs. Zada McMorris, 6-4, 3-5 Unfinished

Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4, 1