Women's Tennis | March 25, 2017

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The La Salle University women's tennis team continued its non-conference season on Saturday against unbeaten Siena. The Explorers received a solid effort from junior Jade Smith, who pushed her opponent to three sets at No. 5 singles, but fell to the Saints, 7-0.

Smith won the first set, 6-3, before dropping the second as the matched moved to a third-set, super-tiebreak. The St. Petersburg, Fla. product ultimately lost to Julianna Goehner, 10-5. Smith's classmate, Ally Santerelli, forced a first-set tiebreaker but was edged, 7-6.

The Saints won all three doubles matches by the same 6-1 margin and swept the six singles matches to improve to 12-0 on the year.

La Salle continues its season with a road test at Chestnut Hill on Wednesday, Mar. 29 at 2:00 p.m.

Siena 7, La Salle 0
Doubles
1. Bobenc/Weaver (SIE) def. Snyder/Poje (LAS), 6-1
2. Garrity/Levya (SIE) def. Santerelli/Jade Smith (LAS), 6-1
3. Phillips/Goehner (SIE) def. Malhotra/Jayla Smith (LAS), 6-1

Singles
1. Ali Garrity (SIE) def. Brittany Poje (LAS), 7-5, 6-0
2. Ivana Bobenc (SIE) def. Ali Snyder (LAS), 6-2, 6-0
3. Natalie Weaver (SIE) def. Ally Santerelli (LAS), 7-6, 6-1
4. Anessa Levya (SIE) def. Jayla Smith (LAS), 6-3, 6-2
5. Julianna Goehner (SIE) def. Jade Smith (LAS), 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
6. Julia Dunbar (SIE) def. Maansi Malhotra (LAS), 6-1, 6-1