Women's Tennis | January 22, 2017

EASTON, Pa. - Freshman Ali Snyder earned a win at the No. 1 singles position but the La Salle University women's tennis team lost a 6-1 decision to Lafayette on Sunday afternoon.

Snyder won the first set, 6-2, then was victorious 6-4 in the second to pick up the win over Leopards senior Rocine Moschella. Junior Ally Santerelli nearly came back from an early one-set deficit, winning the second by a 7-5 margin before falling in the decisive third-set tiebreak, 10-7.

Lafayette picked up the doubles point by sweeping all three matches and also won five singles matches to take home the victory.

La Salle returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 4 as it travels to Bucknell to take on the Bison.

Lafayette 6, La Salle 1
Doubles
1. Moschella/Almeida (LAF) def. Ali Snyder/Ally Santerelli (LAS), 6-2
2. Conrad/Block (LAF) def. Jade Smith/Jayla Smith (LAS), 6-2
3. Hill/Tracy (LAF) win by default.

Singles
1. Snyder (LAS) def. Moschella (LAF), 6-2, 6-4
2. Almeida (LAF) def. Santerelli (LAS), 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
3. Conrad (LAF) def. Jayla Smith (LAS), 6-0, 6-3
4. Hill (LAF) def. Jade Smith (LAS), 6-4, 6-3
5. Tracy (LAF) def. Malhotra (LAS), 6-4, 6-4
6. Block (LAF) win by default.