Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 VILLANOVA, PA— Villanova wins double header in home opener over Monmouth and Loyola University Maryland.

Villanova won 4-3 over Monmouth

Doubles

Graduate Senior Ami Grace Dougah and freshman Miriam Gondorova competed in the one spot against Girish and Mills.  Dougah and Gondorova handled the match, winning 6-4.
Jenna Stevens and Bella Steffen dominated 6-2 in the two spot for Villanova.
Amanda Rivera-Gonzalez and Chloe Floyd did not finish their doubles match.

Singles

Dougah continues to compete in the one spot. She won in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. 
Valieriia Kornieva won a third set battle against Girish.  After losing the first set 7-5, Kornieva responded with a 6-4 second set win.  The third would be won in a tie breaker, 1-0 (5).
Freshman Maddie Hills fell in the third set to McKinney. Both sets went back and forth, but Hills was not able to pull it out (7-5, 6-4).
In the fourth set it would come down to a third set tiebreaker.  Emma Brogan bounced back after losing the first set with a 6-4 victory in the second.  Brogan would drop the third set 1-0 (6).
Senior Bella Steffen won 6-4 over Landstrom to pick up the final point for a Villanova victory.
Rivera-Gonzalez fell in a third set tiebreaker, 6-7(3), 6-4, 0-1 (4).

Villanova won 5-2 over Loyola Marymount

Doubles

Jenna Stevens and Bella Steffen won their second doubles match of the day as a duo, winning 6-5 over Richiez over Manwiller.
Amanda Rivera-Gonzalez and Lauren Monti dropped their doubles match 6-3 against Tankimovich and Tracey.
In the final doubles spot, Emma Brogan and Maddie Hills were defeated 6-4 to Assael and Shivkumar.

Singles

Jenna Stevens took on the one spot but fell 6-3, 6-0 to Tracey. 
Freshman Lauren Monti had a phenomenal performance in the two spot for Villanova.  She took her match convincingly in two sets 6-2, 6-4 over Richiez.
Valieriia Kornieva picked up her second singles victory of the day. Kornieva competed in another match that would go to a third set. After taking the first set 6-4 and losing rhe second 6-7 (7-3), Kornieva won the third set 6-3 to gain a point for the Wildcats.
Maddie Hills won in the four position for Villanova.  Hills defeated Manwiller 7-5, 6-4.
Junior Emma Brogan came back in her match after losing the first to win it in the third. Brogan dropped the first set 6-4 to Rico.  She responded well, winning the next two sets 6-3.
In the final spot, Bella Steffen picks up another singles victory on the day.  Steffen would win the first set 6-2 before losing the second 6-3. The third set would be a back-and-forth affair which saw Steffen come out victorious, 7-5.

UP NEXT

Villanova will look to carry this momentum into Philadelphia Tuesday, March 19 for a matchup against Saint Joseph's.