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Owls split Big 5 battles

The women’s tennis team took on two Big 5 rivals at the Hamlin Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania this weekend and came away with very different results.

The Owls (4-3) swept Villanova 5-0 on Friday for their fourth dual win of the season but fell 6-1 to Penn on Saturday.

The Owls were nearly perfect at Friday’s 7:30 a.m. match. In singles, junior Alina Abdurakhimova was victorious in the No. 1 position 6-1, 6-4. Junior Monet Stuckey-Willis followed in the second position with a 6-2, 7-5 win.

In the fourth and fifth positions, seniors Anais Nussaume and Dina Karina won by scores of 6-2, 7-6 and 6-0, 6-1, respectively.