WEST POINT, N.Y.- The Wildcats take down Stony Brook at Army in 4-1 fashion ending the match early after claiming enough team points to take the victory.
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Beginning the match with doubles, number two and three doubles fell to Stony Brook's teams.
Emi Callahan and
Maggie Gehrig were the lone doubles victors to take a 6-4 win over their opponents. Stony Brook claimed the first team point of the competition.
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Villanova came out on top only needing to compete in four of the six matches to take home the win.
Emma Brogan defeated Loreto Villalba-Rubio 6-2, 6-4 at No.1 singles. Callahan took on Chandrika Joshi in the No. 2 spot losing the first set 3-6 but coming back and taking the second 6-2 as well as the 6-2 third set tiebreaker. Gehrig also struck luck in the No. 3 spot over Kristine Theys in a 6-4, 6-3 victory, Lastly senior captain
Caitlin Fisher took the 6-3, 6-4 win over Debby Mastrodima in the six spot to take the 'W' on the day for the 'Cats.
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The Wildcats return to action on Saturday February 25 to take on Brown at 9 am and Providence at 4:30 pm.
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Doubles
- Callahan/Gehrig (VU) vs. Villalba-Rubio/Boro (SB): 6-4 Villanova
- Brogan/Steffen (VU) vs. Theys/Mastrodima (SB): 7-6 (UF) Stony Brook
- Rivera-González/Kornieva (VU) vs. Joshi/Sreeves (SB): 6-3 Stony Brook
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Singles
- Brogan (VU) vs. Villalba-Rubio (SB): 6-2, 6-4 Villanova                   Â
- Callahan (VU) vs. Joshi (SB): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Villanova
- Gehrig (VU) vs. Theys (SB): 6-4, 6-3 Villanova
- Kornieva (VU) vs. Boro (SB): DNF
- Steffen (VU) vs. Sreeves (SB): DNF
- Fisher (VU) vs. Mastrodima (SB): 6-3, 6-4 Villanova
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Final Score: Villanova wins 4–1 over Stony Brook
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