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Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Pioneers
Aina Garriga
Jocelyn Fay
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Sacred Heart SHU (7-10)
5
Winner SIUE SIUE (11-1)
Sacred Heart SHU
(7-10)
1
Final
5
SIUE SIUE
(11-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

SHU Rounds Out Florida Trip With 5-1 Loss to SIUE

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sacred Heart University women's tennis team rounded out its three-day tournament in the Sunshine State with a 5-1 loss to SIUE on Thursday night. SHU is now 7-10 overall. 
 
First-year Aina Garriga picked up the lone point of the day at fourth singles when her opponent retired midway through the second set at two-all. Garriga won the first set, 7-5.  
 
Katsiaryna Starastsenka and Flavia Rambaldi split sets with their opponents but fell in the super tiebreaker. First-year Ana Sofia Angeles Sanchez took the first set in sixth singles, 7-5, and was winning, 2-1, in the second set before the match was deemed unfinished. 
 
In doubles action, the tandems of Vitalina Golod and Kim Fenton, as well as Rambaldi and Garriga, brought the score to 7-6 but ultimately fell in the tiebreaker. Golod and Fenton fell narrowly, 7-5, while Garriga and Rambaldi were unable to pick up a point in the tiebreaker, 7-0. 
 
The Pioneers return to New England and will play at Providence on Thursday at 1 p.m. 
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