Tennis Drops Close Match to Army, 4-3

WEST POINT, N.Y. The Seton Hall women’s tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision against Army on Tuesday. The Pirates (2-6) split singles play, but were swept in all three doubles matches.

Sophomore Denise Liebschner (Weinboehla, Germany) won in straight sets (6-2, 6-2) over Niki Flach in the No. 1 singles spot.

Senior Nadezhda Shein (Tallinn, Estonia) was victorious over Sarah Giles-Madden in a marathon match, which saw the second and third sets go to tie break (6-3, 6-7 (7-2), 13-11.

 

In No. 4 singles action, freshman Belfin Sunbul (Izmir, Turkey) continued her strong play with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jessica Ahn. Sunbull has now won three of four singles matches on the season.

Seton Hall will travel to Villanova for a BIG EAST match on Thursday, March 20, at 2:30 p.m.

SETON HALL 3, ARMY 4

Singles

1. Denise Liebschner (SHU) def. Niki Flach (Army), 6-2, 6-2

2. Nadezhda Shein (SHU) def. Sarah Giles-Madden (Army), 6-3, 6-7 (7-2), (13-11)

3. Michael Tollerton (Army) def. Amanda El-Tobgy (SHU), 6-1, 6-4

4. Belfin Sunbul (SHU) def. Jessica Ahn (Army), 6-3, 6-1

5. Patricia Vollmer (Army) def. Nathalie Ranger (SHU), 6-1, 6-0

6. Jurelle Mendoza (Army) def. Liza Chu (SHU), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Anne Houghton/Niki Flach (Army) def. Liebschner/Shein (SHU), 8-6

2. Kristin Beehler/Paige Ford (Army) def. El-Tobgy/ Sunbul (SHU), 8-2