Tennis Welcomes Rhode Island For Final Regular Season Match – University of Massachusetts Athletics

AMHERST, Mass. – College of Massachusetts tennis hosts the College of Rhode Island on Saturday, April 23, on the Mullins Heart Tennis Courts for the common season finale at 1:30 p.m.
 
UMass will look to stay good within the Atlantic 10 Convention, choosing up its seventh win over a league opponent, and earn its sixth straight victory total. The Minutewomen additionally look to remain unblemished on their residence courts with its eighth triumph.
 
Graduate scholar Vitoria Okuyama can be briefly honored previous to the beginning of the match for Senior Day.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Massachusetts downed Saint Joseph’s, 4-0, final Sunday on the street to enhance to 14-4 total and 6-0 within the A-10.  
 
UMass picked up the doubles level with a sweep. Danielle Hack and Thamonpan Jonglertrakul acquired off to a quick begin, profitable 6-1 over their SJU opponents at No. 1, earlier than the duo of Dylan Cannon and Mariya Krasakova picked up a 6-0 win at courtroom No. 3. On courtroom No. 2, Renata Farima and Anna Napadiy got here out on high with a 6-1 victory to safe the purpose.
 
In singles competitors, Krasakova grabbed the primary level, defeating her opposition, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 4. Hack made it a 3-0 match for UMass after profitable 6-0, 6-2 at courtroom No. 3, whereas Jonglertrakul clinched the match for the Minutewomen with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at No. 5.
 
SCOUTING RHODE ISLAND
The Rams enter Saturday’s match with a 9-12 total report, together with 1-3 A-10 Convention report. Rhode Island is coming off a 5-2 loss in opposition to Fordham final Saturday.  
 
UMass holds an all-time collection report of 43-7-1 in opposition to Rhode Island. The 2 applications first met in 1978, whereas the final assembly was held on April 18, 2019. UMass went on to win 4-0 over URI on the afternoon at residence.  
 
HALF A DOZEN AWARDS
Farima has garnered the A-10 Rookie of the Week accolade 5 instances in her profession. The freshman went 4-0, going 2-0 in each doubles and singles play, to obtain the honour on February 8, earlier than gathering the award once more on February 15, after posting a 2-0 report in singles play. The Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, native, tabbed the honour on March 1, after going 4-0 total on the weekend within the Minutewomen’s sweeps of each Seton Corridor and Holy Cross and on March 15, after aiding the Minutewomen to a 4-1 victory at Bryant after posting a 2-0 report, incomes a win in each singles and doubles on the No. 1 spot. In doubles her and Okuyama defeated their Bryant opponents, 6-2, earlier than she grabbed a degree, profitable 6-0, 6-4. She garnered the accolade as soon as once more on April 5, profitable 6-2 together with her doubles associate Napadiy at No. 2, earlier than notching a degree for UMass at No. 1 singles, defeating her Fordham opponent 6-1, 6-3.
 
The rookie added to her record of awards on March 29 when she was tabbed the A-10 Performer of the Week. Farima is 12-3 in singles play, to date, this season, and 14-3 in doubles competitors, going 8-2 with associate Napadiy, 3-1 with Cannon, 2-0 with Okuyama and 1-0 with Krasakova.