VILLANOVA, Pa.—Juniors Caitlin Fisher (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Amanda Rivera-Gonzalez (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) each won their singles matches in three sets to help Villanova (4-8) rally past Connecticut (8-10) for a 4-3 victory at the West Campus Tennis Complex on Sunday afternoon. After losing the doubles point to begin the match, the Wildcats came back with four wins in singles to capture their second win in their last three outings.
 
Fisher and Rivera-Gonzalez each won their opening set at No. 3 singles and No. 6 singles, respectively, before having to outlast their opponents in the third set. Senior Annalise Klopfer (Palm Harbor, Fla.) cruised to her seventh straight win at the top of the lineup and freshman Valieriia Kornieva (Dnipro, Ukraine) won in straight sets at No. 4 singles. The match was the final home competition for Villanova this season and the penultimate regular season match before the BIG EAST Championships later this month.
 
Fisher won her opening set against Leonie Hoppe at No. 3 singles by a 7-5 count, while each of the next two sets ended with 6-2 scores. Hoppe tied the match in the second set and Fisher won the third set to improve to 5-7 in dual competition on the season. Rivera-Gonzalez faced Doga Selen Takunyaci at No. 6 singles and came away with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory for her third win of the year.
 
The match at No. 1 singles featured Klopfer taking on Julieanne Bou and posting a 6-0, 6-1 decision. She is now 10-1 in dual competition this season, all in the No. 1 lineup spot, and has won seven decisions in a row. Klopfer and freshman Emma Brogan (Kennesaw, Ga.) had been defeated by Bou and Hoppe (6-2) at No. 1 doubles earlier in the day. Brogan, who has come on strong for the Wildcats during the second half of the season, fell by the narrowest of margins to Aleksandra Karamyshev at No. 2 singles in a 7-6, 7-5 setback.
 
Kornieva won in straight sets at No. 4 singles, 6-4 and 6-2, over Caroline Cook. Sophomore Bella Steffen (Cary, N.C.) fell to Isabel Petri Bere at No. 5 singles by a 7-6, 6-1 count. The Huskies won the doubles point with Bou and Hoppe winning in the No. 1 spot and the duo of Karamyshev and Petri Bere defeating Kornieva and senior Sabina Grigorian (Atlanta, Ga.) in the No. 2 spot by a 6-2 margin.
 
Villanova returns to action on Saturday for a road match at Georgetown.