FLUSHING, N.Y. – On Saturday afternoon, the Queens College women's tennis team gave it their all, but the Knights would fall short in a hard-fought cross-divisional matchup to LIU Sharks to the final score of 5-2.
Doubles Competition
The Sharks took control early on as they swept doubles action 3-0.
The Knights' #3 doubles duo of freshman
Caroline Hany-Fawzy (Alexandria, Egypt) /
junior
Chole Certain (Obernai, France) fell first to the score of 6-2 against Phoebe Watson/Bianca Compuesto.
The visitors would clinch the doubles point as Queens #1 doubles junior duo of
Maja Makal (Bialystok, Poland) / Gabriela Sciarrotta (Woodmere, N.Y) fell to Valentina Dancenco/Sofiya Kuzina to the score of 6-4/
LIU swept doubles competition as #2 doubles pair of senior
Nathalie Ulander (Stockholm, Sweden) / junior
Lilly Schmidt (Montabaur, Germany) were defeated by Elinor Storkaas/Victoria Erechtchenko to the score of 6-2.
Singles Competition
Sciarrotta would tie the match as she swept Storkaas at #4 singles to the score of 6-4, 6-2.
But the Sharks would retake the lead as Ulander fell at #2 singles to Dancenco to the score of 6-2 before falling short in a hard-fought second set to the score of 7-5.
But Certain tied the match 2-2 as she picked up a 6-3, 6-3 victory at #6 singles over Watton.
But Fawzy fell at #3 singles as the Sharks reclaimed the lead 3-2 as Compuesto won 6-4, 6-3.
Down to the last two singles matches at #1 and #5 as both matches went to the third set. But Makal who had fought back to tie the #1 singles after a 6-1 defeat in the first set, won the second set to the score of 6-3 before falling short in the tiebreaker to the score of 6-4 as LIU clinched the match 4-2.
Sophomore
Mariana Ling (Orlando, Fla) forced a third set after falling 6-2 in the first set with a 6-3 second victory. Kate Jorjoliani would clinch a final 5-2 scoreline for the visitors with a 6-4 victory in the third set.
UP NEXT: Head coach
Alan Nagel and the Knights are on break until Saturday (Apr. 9) as they travel to Hempstead, N.Y. for their fourth Division I opponent of the spring season as they take on the Hofstra University Pride. The first serve is set for 11:00 a.m.
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