The Cabrini women’s tennis team took home the 5-3 win over Arcadia on Thursday, Sept. 19.
Coming off of two conference wins, the Lady Cavs were calm and confident. A quiet buzz from the fans and the occasional team encouragement was all that could be heard.
One of the team’s rookies, Elena Conway, said, “The key factors to our wins have been a positive mentality and focus. We always go into our matches believing we can win, but still making sure we’re 100 percent focused on every single point we play.”
Head coach Chris Brown takes time during the match to help each Cabrini competitor to better understand her opponent and their potential weaknesses.
Going into their next match against fellow CSAC team Neumann University, Conway said, “The Arcadia match was a really good win for us, and we’re definitely going to use the momentum from that match going into this week’s matches.”
Cabrini’s match against Neumann was the first time Brown has been back to their court since being named the CSAC Player of the Year three times from 2009-2011.
Cavs took two of three doubles matches. The duo of senior Katie Kennedy and sophomore Nichole Broccolino improved to 6-0 with an 8-4 win.
The match then moved to singles play. Kennedy remained unbeaten on the season wit a 6-3, 6-0 win. Junior Samantha Trumbo rallied back after losing her first set to get the win. Sophomore Mackenzie Murry and Conway each earned their fourth straight win.
The Lady Cavs will be back on the court Friday, Sept. 27, hosting Immaculata at the Dixon Courts at 3:30 p.m.
