Women's Tennis Loses Home Opener to Rutgers, 6-1

Sophomore Nadja Sein won in both singles and doubles action against Rutgers on Saturday.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women’s tennis team dropped its home opener to BIG EAST rival Rutgers, 6-1, at the Meadowlands Courts on Saturday. Sophomore Nadja Sein (Tallinn, Estonia) shined for the Pirates, winning the team’s only singles point and also nabbing a victory in doubles play. With the loss, Seton Hall now stands at 7-7 overall, 1-2 in the BIG EAST, while Rutgers improves to 9-5 overall, 4-2 in the conference.

Sein defeated the Scarlet Knights’ Ketevan Shmakova in straight sets in the No. 3 singles match, 6-2, 6-0. Sein also partnered with senior Viviana Figueroa (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) to win the No. 1 doubles contest over Alina Balasa and Dana Gordon, 8-5.

Figueroa and junior Sylvia Jaros (Scarborough, Ontario) were the only Pirates to take their singles matches to three sets. Figueroa fell to Katrina Elder-Bush in the No. 1 match, 7-5, 1-6, 6-5, and Jaros lost the No. 2 match to Gordon, 6-0, 4-6, 6-4.

Seton Hall returns to action this Tuesday, Mar. 28, when it hosts Connecticut for a 2:30 p.m. BIG EAST match at the Meadowlands Courts.

Rutgers 6, Seton Hall 1
Singles
Katrina Elder-Bush (RU) def. Viviana Figueroa (SHU) - 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Dana Gordon (RU) def. Sylvia Jaros (SHU) - 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
Nadja Sein (SHU) def. Ketevan Shmakova (RU) - 6-2, 6-0
Alina Balasa (RU) def. Danielle Viola (SHU) - 6-4, 6-3
Jill Markowitz (RU) def. Ebru Burduroglu (SHU) - 6-3, 6-3
Lauren Edelschein (RU) def. Iva Gyurgina (SHU) - 6-2, 7-6 (5)

Doubles
Figueroa/Sein (SHU) def. Balasa/Gordon (RU) - 8-5
Shmakova/Elder-Bush (RU) def. Gyurgina/Viola (SHU)- 8-2
Markowitz/Edelschein (RU) def. Burduroglu/Jaros (SHU) - 8-3

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