Pirates Edged by Utah State

Friday, March 9

Los Angeles, Calif.

TBA

Seton Hall University

Utah State

3/9/2018 1:52:00 PM | Women's Tennis

LOS ANGELES – The Seton Hall women's tennis team fell to Utah State, 4-3, on the campus of Loyola Marymount on Friday.

The Pirates and the Aggies each won three singles points, but Utah State's doubles point ultimately clinched the win.

Senior Luize Strike (Riga, Latvia), junior Anicka Fajnorova (Bratislava, Slovakia) and sophomore Melody Taal (Ede, Netherlands) all registered a singles victory.

Up next, the Pirates return home to square off with LIU Brooklyn on Saturday, March 24 at 1 p.m. at CenterCourt Sports in Florham Park, N.J.

Doubles
1. Jenna Kane/Maggie O'Meara (USU) def. Luize Strike/Melody Taal (HALL) 7-5
2. Anicka Fajnorova/Thandy Kangwa (HALL) def. Sabrina Demerath/Rhoda Tanui (USU) 6-3
3. Sasha Pisareva/Hannah Jones (USU) def. Michal Matson/Katie Kim (HALL) 6-2

Singles
1. Luize Strike (HALL) def. Sasha Pisareva (USU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2. Anicka Fajnorova (HALL) def. Sabrina Demerath (USU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
3. Melody Taal (HALL) def. Maggie O'Meara (USU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Rhoda Tanui (USU) def. Michal Matson (HALL) 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
5. Hannah Jones (USU) def. Katie Kim (HALL) 6-4, 6-2
6. Sophia Haleas (USU) def. Anniek Jansen (HALL) 6-0, 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,3,2,1,4)