Women's Tennis | February 25, 2019
PHILADELPHIA - La Salle University junior
Tiffany Theophil breezed past Fairfield's Diana Prinos, 6-1, 6-1, at the top singles position of the match between the Explorers and Stags on Sunday evening. Fairfield went on to take the team victory over La Salle, 6-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The doubles point was hotly contested, with Theophil and classmate Ali Snyder falling, 7-5, at No. 1 and the match at No. 2 going to a tiebreaker.
- Senior Brittany Poje and sophomore Aleks Nikolic ultimately dropped a 7-6 decision as the Explorers went down in the team competition, 1-0.
- Theophil's victory at No. 1 was the lone singles win of the day for the Explorers, as Fairfield earned five straight-set victories and improved to 7-1 on the year.
UP NEXT
- La Salle returns to action on Sunday, March 3 with a match at Lehigh, beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Fairfield 6, La Salle 1
Sunday, Feb. 24
Philadelphia, Pa. | Legacy Tennis Center
Doubles
1. Lombardi/D. Prinos (FFD) def.
Tiffany Theophil/
Ali Snyder (LAS), 7-5
2. Komel/S. Prinos (FFD) def.
Brittany Poje/
Aleks Nikolic (LAS), 7-6 (3)
3. Campos/Pil (FFD) def.
Maansi Malhotra/
Jazmin Walle (LAS), 6-4
Singles
1. Theophil (LAS) def. D. Prinos (FFD), 6-1, 6-1
2. Nowak (FFD) def. Snyder (LAS), 6-2, 6-3
3. March (FFD) def. Poje (LAS), 6-3, 6-3
4. Komer (FFD) def. Nikolic (LAS), 6-2, 7-5
5. S. Prinos (FFD) def. Walle (LAS), 6-2, 6-1
6. Lombardi (FFD) def. Malhotra (LAS), 7-6, 6-2
