Gophers Edge Defending Landmark Champion Moravian on Senior Day, Add Win Against Harford

Team Stats

Harford Community College

Goucher

Score

Doubles

Anais Dhillon / Alex DiGiovanni (GOU)
def. Anna Holway / Lily Hotschneider (HAR)

8-3

Sara Healy / Ceri McCaffrey (GOU)
def. Natalia Calvo-Herrer / Caroline Novak (HAR)

8-3

Sarai Silvera / Aaliyah Ybarra (GOU)
def. Lily Tsomos / Gabrielle Kuper (HAR)

8-6

Singles

Anais Dhillon (GOU)
def. Natalia Calvo-Herrer (HAR)

6-4 , 6-3

Ceri McCaffrey (GOU)
def. Anna Holway (HAR)

6-3 , 2-6 , 10-6

Lily Hotschneider (HAR)
def. Eliza Abady (GOU)

6-0 , 6-0

Sara Healy (GOU)
def. Caroline Novak (HAR)

7-6 (7-3) , 6-3

Sarai Silvera (GOU)
def. Lily Tsomos (HAR)

6-3 , 6-1

Aaliyah Ybarra (GOU)
def. Gabrielle Kuper (HAR)

6-1 , 6-0

Team Stats

Moravian University

Goucher

Score

Doubles

Anais Dhillon / Gigi Bellisario (GOU)
def. Julianne Cassady / Morgan Colver (MOR)

8-2

Cristina Merone / Maddie Figiel (MOR)
def. Eliza Abady / Ceri McCaffrey (GOU)

8-4

Sara Healy / Alex DiGiovanni (GOU)
def. Rose Lombardo / Mara Stapleton (MOR)

8-5

Singles

Anais Dhillon (GOU)
def. Julianne Cassady (MOR)

6-3 , 6-0

Ceri McCaffrey (GOU)
def. Morgan Colver (MOR)

6-0 , 2-6 , 6-3

Maddie Figiel (MOR)
def. Gigi Bellisario (GOU)

6-0 , 6-0

Cristina Merone (MOR)
def. Eliza Abady (GOU)

6-4 , 4-6 , 6-1

Alex DiGiovanni (GOU)
def. Rose Lombardo (MOR)

4-6 , 6-4 , 6-3

Mara Stapleton (MOR)
def. Sara Healy (GOU)

6-2 , 7-5

Gophers Edge Defending Landmark Champion Moravian on Senior Day, Add Win Against Harford

April 10, 2022

TOWSON, Md. - Senior Alex DiGiovanni (York, Pa./Northeastern) broke a 4-4 tie as she rallied for a three-set win at No. 5 singles to clinch a 5-4 win for the Goucher College women's tennis team over defending Landmark Conference champion Moravian University Sunday afternoon at the Schroedl Tennis Center. In Sunday's second match the Gophers downed Harford Community College 8-1.

First Match

Goucher (5-8, 3-0 Landmark) staked itself to a 2-1 lead after doubles and split the six singles matches with Moravian (8-3, 1-2).
DiGiovanni rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles to clinch the match. She trailed early in the second set.
Anais Dhillon (Cambridge, England/Hills Road Sixth Form College) and Gigi Bellisario (Elmer, N.J./Woodstown) were 8-2 winners at No. 1 doubles.
DiGiovanni and Sara Healy (Waterford, Va./Woodgrove) posted an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles.
Dhillon took her match at No. 1 singles 6-3, 6-0.
Ceri McCaffrey (Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley) bounced back for a three-set win at second singles 6-0, 2-6, 6-3.
Eliza Abady (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y./The Masters School) forced a third set at No. 4 singles before dropping a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 decision.

Second Match

The Gophers swept doubles and won five of six singles matchups.
Sarai Silveira (Houston, Texas/Harmony School of Discovery) and Aaliyah Ybarra (Bastrop, Texas/Cedar Creek) were 8-6 winners at No. 3 doubles.
Dhillon and DiGiovanni won at No. 1, while Healy and McCaffrey were victorious at No. 3.
Silveira and Ybarra also prevailed at No. 5 and 6 singles, while Dhillon, McCaffrey and Healy also won their singles matchups.

Numbers and. Notes

Goucher is 3-0 in Landmark Conference play for the first time since the 2012-13 season when it finished 5-1 in conference.
Prior to Sunday's second match, the Gophers honored Dhillon, DiGiovanni and Healy on Senior Day.
Goucher has won three straight and four straight including the exhibition against Harford, an NJCAA member.

What's Next

Goucher hosts Catholic on Wednesday at 4 pm in a Landmark Conference match at the Schroedl Tennis Center.