The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s tennis team defeated the McMaster Marauders 5-2 on Sunday, September 13 at Stoney Creek Tennis Club.

The Blues went undefeated in doubles play, as the number one team of Aisha Bhinia (Toronto) and Roxanna Soica (Toronto) shutout McMaster 8-0. Daria Zakharchenko (Sochi, Russia) and Anna Sullivan (Toronto) won the number two match 8-2, while Clarissa Binkley (Toronto) and Kamind Raghuram (Vancouver, B.C.) edged their opponents 6-4 in the number three match.

Toronto went on to win the number one, two and three matches. Zakharchenko defeated McMaster’s Sabina Shin 6-1, 6-2, Soica beat Chelsea Goodenough 6-1, 6-1 and Bhinia dominated Marauder’s number three Danielle Rosenthal 6-0, 6-0 to secure the victory for Toronto.

Blues number six Christina Dykun (Crystal Lake, Ill.) also won her match 6-1, 6-0.

The Varsity Blues return to action on Thursday, September 17 when they take on the York Lions at York University. Matches are scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m.

Results

Doubles
Toronto #1 (Roxana Soica, Aisha Bhimla) defeats McMaster #1 8-0
Toronto #2 (Daria Zakharchenko, Anna Sullivan) defeats McMaster #2 8-2
Toronto #3 (Clarissa Binkley, Kamind Raghuram) defeats McMaster #3 6-4
(Toronto takes doubles point 3-0)

Singles
Toronto #1 (Zakharchenko) defeats McMaster #1 6-1, 6-2
Toronto #2 (Soica) defeats McMaster #2 6-1, 6-1
Toronto #3 (Bhimla) defeats McMaster #3 6-0, 6-0
Toronto #4 (Luk) loses McMaster #4 6-2, 2-6, 4-6
Toronto #5 (Raghuram) loses McMaster #5 7-5, 5-7, 7-1
Toronto #6 (Dykun) defeats McMaster #6 6-1, 6-0