Women's Tennis | April 18, 2021

PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle University women's tennis team nearly came up with its first win of the season on Sunday afternoon, falling by a 3-2 margin to Hofstra at Legacy Tennis Center. The Explorers honored a pair of seniors prior to the match: Aleks Nikolic and Jazmin Walle.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• With both teams playing shorthanded, only one doubles match was contested and La Salle's two seniors got off to a good start by winning the first game.
• Hofstra's duo won five consecutive games to take control, before the Explorers fought back to win the next two. The Pride, however, eventually clinched the match and the point, 6-3.
• In singles, Nikolic and freshman Isa Leano won their matches in straight sets to give La Salle a 2-1 edge, before Hofstra won its match at No. 2 to tie it up.
• Walle fought back from a narrow 6-4 loss in the first set of her matchup with Isabella Tonuzi, winning 6-1 to force a decisive third.
• The two players went back and forth and appeared headed to a tiebreaker, before Tonuzi earned a 7-5 win by breaking serve in the final game.

UP NEXT

• The Explorers will square off against Jefferson on Tuesday, April 20.

RESULTS
Hofstra 3, La Salle 2
Doubles
1. M. Walle/Solagnier (HU) def. Jazmin Walle/Aleks Nikolic (LAS), 6-3
2. Not contested.
3. Not contested.

Singles
1. Isa Leano (LAS) def. Solagnier (HU), 6-2, 6-3
2. M. Walle (HU) def. Lauren Landstrom (LAS), 6-3, 6-4
3. Tonuzi (HU) def. Walle (LAS), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
4. Nikolic (LAS) def. Desai (HU), 6-4, 6-4
5. Not contested.
6. Not contested.