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The sophomore overwhelmed her opponent and showed no signs of fall rust after handily winning the match 6-1, 6-1. In the next round, with a spot in the main draw on the line, Adiaconitei did not disappoint while earning her spot in the process.
Although the season is now over, the hunt for victory will not cease. The young team, being, aside from the graduating Iinuma, comprised of 5 freshmen, will continue to train and develop players’ skills, which will complement their newly-gained experience of playing at the collegiate level.
Past performance against both of the weekend’s competitors was not in favor of the Red — and, unfortunately, history repeated itself.
“Something we can improve on is cutting down on unforced errors and dealing with the pressure on certain points,” Ho said. “As a young team, we haven’t been in these situations as often as other teams, and I think we can only grow from these tough losses.”
“We certainly had chances to win, [so] it was disappointing that we couldn’t pull off a 5-2 win against Georgia instead of a 2-5 loss.”
The Red closed out its fall season with notable performances against three different squads in Boston.
“With five players competing, there was a lot of improvement from a few weeks ago when we were last at Yale.”
“It was a great tournament for the women to compete in,” head coach Mike Stevens said. “There was a lot of great competition and a chance to see how they have been improving since we got started on Sept. 7 and the results show how hard the team is working.”
“From the first day of her freshman year to the last match of her senior year, she just excelled in everything she did work ethic-wise.”
The Red faced its 2017 co-Ivy League champions, Dartmouth on Saturday and lost 5-2.