#42 Women’s Tennis Concludes Season in NCAA East Regional First Round

Results

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Makal, Maja / Engstrand, Lovisa (-/4) [QUEW]	4
Himani Mor / Liria Loria (-/6) [FPU]	6

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Ulander, Nathalie / Schmidt, Lilly [QUEW]	3
Maria Aguilo / Laura Alvarez Tello [FPU]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Sciarrotta, Gabriela / Caricic, Aleksandra [QUEW]	6
Estela Carra / Zoe Asterio Correa [FPU]	4

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Makal, Maja (47/-) [QUEW]	6	6
Maria Aguilo [FPU]	2	4

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Ulander, Nathalie [QUEW]	6	6
Himani Mor [FPU]	4	3

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Engstrand, Lovisa [QUEW]	6	4	6 ⁵
Liria Loria [FPU]	2	6	7 ⁷

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Sciarrotta, Gabriela [QUEW]	2	7 ⁹	6
Laura Alvarez Tello [FPU]	6	6 ⁷	2

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Caricic, Aleksandra [QUEW]	1	7 ⁷	2
Estela Carra [FPU]	6	6 ⁴	6

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Schmidt, Lilly [QUEW]	6	1	1
Zoe Asterio Correa [FPU]	2	6	6

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 6, 4, 3, 5

FLUSHING, N.Y.- For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the #42 nationally ranked Queens College women's tennis team season ends in the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship Round of 32 as the Knights suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the #T48 Franklin Pierce University Ravens in Flushing.

Doubles Competition

The Knights found themselves trailing early on as the Ravens took the doubles point.

The Knights No. 1 doubles duo of sophomore Maja Makal (Bialystok, Poland) / senior Lovisa Engstrand (Stockholm, Sweden) fell 6-4 to the Ravens duo of Himani Mor / Liria Loria.

The Knights No. 3 sophomore doubles pair of Gabriela Sciarotta (Woodmere, N.Y.) / Aleksandra Caricic (New York, N.Y.) tied the doubles competition at 1-1 as they defeated the Ravens pair of Estela Carra / Zoe Asterio Correa to the score of 6-4.

The Ravens would take a 1-0 lead going into singles competition as the Knights No. 2 doubles duo of sophomore Lilly Schmidt (Montabaur, Germany)/ junior Nathalie Ulander (Stockholm, Sweden) fell 6-3 against Maria Aguilo / Laura Alvarez Tello.

Singles Competition

The Knights quickly tie the match 1-1 at the No. 1 spot as Makal cruised to another two-set victory defeating Aguilo to the score of 6-2, 6-4. She ends the season undefeated with a record of 4-0.

The Knights took a 2-1 lead as Ulander dispatched Mor at the No. 2 spot in two sets to the score of 6-4, 6-3.

The Ravens would knot the match at 2-2 as Schmidt fell in three sets at the No. 6 spot against Correa to the score of 6-2, 1-6, 1-6.

At the No. 4 spot the Woodmere native Sciarotta gave the Knights a 3-2 lead as she battled back from a first set defeat of 2-6 against Tello to win the second and third set to the score of 7-6 (9-7), 6-2.

At the No. 3 spot Engstrand took a first set victory of 6-2, before falling 4-6 against Loria in the second set. The third set went to the tiebreaker as Loria tied the match at 3-3 with a 7-6 (7-5) victory.

The Ravens would knock out the Knights with a win at the No. 5 spot as Caricic who trailed after losing the first set to the score of 6-1 but took the match into the third set needing a second set tiebreaker win of 7-6 (7-4). The Ravens would advanced to the next round as Caricic fell 6-2 in the third set ending the Knights season.

The Knights conclude the season with a 3-2 overall record and having won their second straight East Coast Conference championship and their 20th straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

A season recap will be provided in the near future.
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