White Clinches Match for Washington

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Visiting Washington College, ranked 18th in the Atlantic South Region, secured the fifth and final sport in upcoming Centennial Conference Tournament with its 6-3 win over host Ursinus on Wednesday night at the Floy Lewis Bakes Center in Centennial Conference women's tennis action.  The Shorewomen will travel to four seed Franklin & Marshall next Wednesday in the first round of the Centennial Conference Tournament with the time to be determined.      

Washington College 6 Ursinus 3

Doubles
- The Bears won at No. 3 doubles in the first match to finish as the tandem of Claire Burke and Shannon Stewart won 8-1 over the Shorewomen's Bin Nguyen and Katie Ruppert.
- Washington would level doubles at 1-1 as the team of Alisha White and María Cristina Diaz-Nazario topped Ursinus' duo of Caitlin Vinsonhaler and Avery Samer, 8-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- The Shorewomen's pair of Irene Meng and Piper Sartison won at No. 1 doubles, 8-4, over Allie Armour and Maddie Russell to give the visitors a 2-1 lead heading into singles.

Singles
- Sartison was the first to finish in singles at No. 3 as she bested Burke, 7-5, 6-1, to give Washington a 3-1 lead.
- Diaz-Nazario handled Vinsonhaler, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 4 singles to put the Shorewomen on the brink of victory, 4-1.
- No. 2 singles finished next and White won the match and a spot in the conference tournament with a 6-2, 6-2, triumph over Russell.
- Meng, ranked 23rd in the Atlantic South, rallied after losing the first set 7-6 to Armour to prevail 7-5 and 1-0 (10-1) in the tiebreak.
- The Bears got their first win in singles at No. 5 as Samer topped Nguyen, 8-5.
- In the last match to finish, Ava Compagnoni downed Ruppert, 8-4, at No. 6.

Notes
- The Shorewomen are 10-6 on the season, while the Bears are 9-8.  WC is 4-4 in the conference, while Ursinus is 3-5 in the Centennial.
- Ursinus' Avery Samer is the sister of Ella Samer '21, who was a four-year member of Shorewomen Tennis.
- Washington will be competing in its 12th Centennial Conference Tournament which has been in existence since 2006.  It is the team's first trip to the conference tournament since 2018.

Up Next
4/30 v. Muhlenberg – 1 p.m. (Centennial Conference match)
- Senior Day, regular season and home finale.