Women's Tennis | April 6, 2019
PHILADELPHIA - Five singles matches went the full three sets as the La Salle women's tennis team battled St. Bonaventure to a near stalemate on Saturday. Unfortunately for the Explorers, the Bonnies were victorious in three of those matches and won the doubles point en route to a 5-2 win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After the Bonnies earned three wins in doubles to take a 1-0 lead, singles action began and the visitors took the first set in all six matches.
- La Salle battled back and earned second-set wins in five matches, including a pair of 6-1 decisions at No. 1 (Tiffany Theophil) and No. 2 (Ali Snyder).
- Snyder and senior Brittany Poje continued to build on their momentum in the third, winning each of their matches.
- SBU was able to regroup, however, and post a trio of third-set victories to go along with a straight-set triumph at No. 6.
- Freshman Jazmin Walle nearly had a third win for the Explorers at No. 5, but fell in a super-tiebreaker, 13-11, in the third.
UP NEXT
- La Salle will take on Rider in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday, April 9, in Lawrenceville, N.J.
St. Bonaventure 5, La Salle 2
Philadelphia, Pa. | Legacy Tennis Center
Doubles
1.
Tiffany Theophil/
Ali Snyder (LAS) def. Roque/Abreu (SBU), 6-1
2. Stanley/Reisinger (SBU) def.
Brittany Poje/
Aleks Nikolic (LAS), 6-4
3. Gunay/Velilla (SBU) def.
Maansi Malhotra/
Jazmin Walle (LAS), 6-1
Singles
1. Abreu (SBU) def. Theophil (LAS), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
2. Snyder (LAS), def. Roque (SBU), 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
3. Poje (LAS) def. Reisinger (SBU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Gunay (SBU) def. Nikolic (LAS), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
5. Stanley (SBU) def. Walle (LAS), 6-1, 5-7, 13-11
6. Velilla (SBU) def. Malhotra (LAS), 6-0, 6-2
