Women's Tennis | March 14, 2018

OLEAN, N.Y. - In a hotly contested battle that saw four singles matches go to a third and deciding set, the La Salle University women's tennis team dug deep and earned its first win over an Atlantic 10 opponent since the 2006 season by a score of 4-3 over St. Bonaventure on Tuesday. 

Senior Jade Smith, junior Brittany Poje and sophomore Ali Snyder each won in their respective singles positions, with Poje and Smith teaming up to win a critical doubles match at the No. 2 spot. Snyder paired with sophomore Tiffany Theophil to secure La Salle's first point of the team competition with a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles.

With an early lead, Poje was the first to earn a victory in singles action for the Explorers at the No. 3 position. After an even first set that was decided in a tiebreak, Poje ran away with the second, 6-1, to put La Salle two points away from triumph.

Snyder, who was slotted at the No. 2 spot, battled back after falling in the first set to win the second and third with relative ease, 6-1 and 6-0. At No. 4 singles, Smith won the first set, dropped the second and rebounded for a 6-4 win in the third to secure the first A-10 win for the Explorers since defeating Saint Joseph's at the 2006 Atlantic 10 Championships.

La Salle concludes its spring break trip on Thursday, March 15 with a road match at Akron.

La Salle 4, St. Bonaventure 3
Doubles
1. Ali Snyder/Tiffany Theophil (LAS) def. Bowe/Meisinger (SBU), 6-4
2. Brittany Poje/Jade Smith (LAS) def. Chin/Gunay (SBU), 6-1
3. Murtier/Kozinski (SBU) def. Maansi Malhotra/Jayla Smith (LAS), 6-4

Singles
1. Bowe (SBU) def. Tiffany Theophil (LAS), 6-4, 6-2
2. Ali Snyder (LAS) def. Meisinger (SBU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
3. Brittany Poje (LAS) def. Mortier (SBU), 7-6 (4), 6-1
4. Jade Smith (LAS) def. Gunay (SBU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
5. Gerhard (SBU) def. Maansi Malhotra (LAS), 6-1, 2-6, 10-5
6. Chin (SBU) def. Jayla Smith (LAS), 6-3, 3-6, 10-5