Date: Friday, March 8, 2025
Score: Hollins 0 | Salem 7
Records: Hollins 0-2 | Spirits 1-4
Location: Roanoke, Va.

The Lead: Hollins hosted Salem College on Friday afternoon in her 2025 tennis home opener. Salem was able to sweep the doubles matches and earn the first point of the match. Hollins performed much better in the individual matches but in the end it would be the visitors with the 7-0 win.
Highlights:

• At #1 Doubles, the first-year duo of Peja Cruise and Kristiahn Foster fell 6-3.
• Fellow first-year Rachel Hull pushed her opponent in the second set to a six-point tie breaker. However, Hull would not be able to get the match to a third set, falling 6-0, 7-6 (6-3).

Scores:

Singles competition

1. Adley Keim (SALEM) def. Peja Cruise (HU) 6-0, 6-2

2. Cymone Crump (SALEM) def. Kristiahn Foster (HU) 6-4, 6-1

3. Mariana Faint (SALEM) def. Sasha Mingo (HU) 6-0, 6-0

4. Daisy Ortiz Mendoza (SALEM) def. Rachel Hull (HU) 6-0, 7-6 (6-3)

5. Chloe Koons (SALEM) def. Arabella Crookshanks (HU) 6-0, 6-0

6. Abrielle Eckenroth (SALEM) def. Elizabeth Angelo (HU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Adley Keim/Cymone Crump (SALEM) def. Peja Cruise/Kristiahn Foster (HU) 6-3

2. Daisy Ortiz Mendoza/Chloe Koons (SALEM) def. Sasha Mingo/Rachel Hull (HU) 6-0

3. Mariana Faint/Abrielle Eckenroth (SALEM) def. Elizabeth Angelo/Zilina Robinson (HU) 6-0

 
Up Next: Hollins begins Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play tomorrow with a trip to Greensboro to face Guilford College at 1:00pm.