West Long Branch, N.J. – The Le Moyne College women's tennis team rallied in the singles matches to defeat Monmouth University in its first dual match of the day, 4-3, on Friday at the MU Tennis Courts.
The Hawks opened the match by capturing the point in the doubles competition. Pavitra Parikh and Faith Sadgrove opened with a 7-5 win at the top spot over third year
Ashikha Amalnathan (Granger, Indiana/South Carolina State) and second year
Naila Krifa (Brunoy, France/LSU New Orleans). First year
Viviana Mihai (Toronto, Ontario) and fourth year
Lilia Raiss (Temara, Morocco/Descartes) registered a 6-3 win at the second position over Emilia Julin and Brielle Quaye 6-3. Elle Catanzarite and Jillian Gray clinched the point with a 6-1 win over first years
Greta Baerlund (Stockholm, Sweden) and
Sadie DePasquale (Manasquan, N.J.) at the third spot.
Le Moyne won the final four matches in the singles competition to end the day with the win. Parikh gave Monmouth a 2-0 lead by downing Mihai at the top spot, 7-6 (7-0), 0-6, 10-6. Sadgrove followed with a 7-5, 6-2 victory at the second position over Amalnathan.
Krifa started the comeback with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-4 win over Julin at the third spot. Raiss was then a 6-2, 6-4 winner at the fourth position over Catanzarite. Baerlund evened the match at three points apiece by defeating Quaye at the fifth spot, 6-3, 6-1. DePasquale clinched the victory with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Gray at the sixth spot.
Le Moyne (1-0) will be back in action in the Spring semester.
