Davidson College Athletics
vs. St. Bonaventure (First Round)
'Cats Set for A-10 Tournament, Matches Start Wednesday
4/25/2017 10:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID
2017 Statistics
A-10 Women's Tennis Championship Central
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women's tennis team, coming off another strong regular season, will look to carry that momentum into the Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Championship starting Wednesday, April 26, in Orlando, Fla., at the USTA National Campus.
The Wildcats, who went 14-5 during the regular season and 6-2 in league matches, earned the fourth overall seed out of 14 teams. They will be seeking the program's first-ever tournament title after just missing out several times in the Southern Conference.
The 'Cats earned their six league wins against Rhode Island, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, George Mason and Dayton.
Davidson will open tournament play vs. 13th-seeded St. Bonaventure (7-16, 1-4 A-10) on Wednesday, with match time set for 9 a.m. If the Wildcats advance, they would take on the winner of fifth-seeded Saint Louis (14-7, 2-3 A-10) and 12th-seeded Saint Joseph's (6-15), Friday at 9 a.m. in the quarterfinals.
All matches will have live stats and can be followed by clicking the link above on A-10 Women's Tennis Championship Central.
The All-Time Series/Last Meeting
This will be Davidson's first matchup against the Bonnies, while it would be its second meeting against the Saint Louis Billikens or the fourth meeting vs. the Hawks of Saint Joseph's should the 'Cats advance. Earlier this year, the Wildcats dropped a 5-2 decision in a neutral site match vs. SLU. They moved to 3-0 all-time vs. the Hawks by scoring a 7-0 win at home, March 12.
A-10 Tournament History
The Wildcats are making their third appearance in the A-10 Tournament after reaching the championship match last year by defeating La Salle (4-0), Duquesne (4-2) and George Washington (4-1). In the final match against VCU, Davidson tried its best in attempting to stop VCU from claiming another title, playing four matches of three sets along with forcing the Rams into four tie-breakers, but the 'Cats eventually fell 4-2.
During their run in the SoCon, which started in 1993, the 'Cats had a 17-16 tournament record. In three of the last 10 league tournaments, they reached the finals, falling to Furman each time.
VCU, which earned the No. 1 seed for the fifth consecutive year, has won the tournament the past four straight seasons, while Richmond has collected eight titles dating back to 2004.
Scouting the Wildcat Women- Quick Hits
• Davidson's 14 wins made it three years in a row with double-digit victories on the season. A year ago it had 18 and finished with 12 in 2015.
• The Wildcats won five straight matches at one time during the season, the longest win streak of the year.
• Six times this year the 'Cats blanked their opponent, four of them by the score of 7-0 including two against A-10 foes.
• Davidson had a 16-match home winning streak, longest in school history, snapped in its second-to-final home match to Charlotte, 4-3.
• Nine of the 14 victories on the season came at home, while the Wildcats went 4-2 on the road and 1-2 in neutral site matches.
• Head coach Sara Anundsen, who has a record of 45-20, is in third year guiding the women's tennis program.
• She was named the A-10 Coach of the Year last season.
• The 'Cats as a team earned an outstanding 74 singles wins during the regular season, going 74-33 overall and 31-10 in A-10 matches.
• All six singles positions collected over 10 wins each, with the No. 5 slot earning 14 victories.
• Junior Ava Todd went a perfect 7-0 in league matches to give her a 17-0 career record in A-10 play.
• She went 14-4 overall this season, second best on the team and has now collected 47 career singles wins.
• Todd is currently riding a 10-match win streak entering the championship, the second-longest in her career after a 16-match streak in 2015.
• Freshman Alexandra Abele had a team-best 15-4 record (6-2 A-10) this season, getting 13 of those wins at No. 4 singles.
• A five-time A-10 Rookie of the Week, Abele rattled off a season-best eight-match win streak during the season.
• Anna Catharine Feaster and Megan Scholvinck each finished with 12 wins, while freshman Samantha Armas had 11 and Gabrielle Centenari won 10.
• Scholvinck went 6-1 vs. A-10 foes, collect 11 of her 12 overall victories at No. 2 singles.
• Davidson was solid in doubles this year as well, collecting 37 doubles wins throughout the regular season.
• All three teams hit the double-digit mark in wins, led by the No. 3 team of Abele and Todd with a 14-4 record.
• The duo ran off a season-best 11-match win streak to start the year, tying last year's mark by Feaster and Ally Sexton which is the longest streak dating back to 1996.
• Feaster and Sexton went 12-6 (6-2 A-10) this year at No. 2, while Armas and Scholvinck had a mark of 11-5 at the top spot.
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