FLUSHING, N.Y. – Opening a two-match homestand, the Queens College women's tennis team welcomed the Chargers of the University of New Haven to Flushing for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
It would be a hard-fought doubles point to take a 1-0 match lead before the Knights earned five singles victories to earn a 6-1 victory over their non-conference foe inside the QC Tennis Bubble.
With the victory, the Knights improved to 4-0 overall on the season.
Doubles
In doubles play, the #2 doubles court pair of graduate students
Kyra Bergmann (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and
Eva Rivoal (Saint Denis de Pile, France) would fall 6-3 to the duo of Lucia Placidi and Risako Umekuni.
The Knights would battle back at the #3 doubles court as the pair of junior
Caroline Hany-Fawzy (Alexandria, Egypt) and senior
Ana Tarbujaru (Valcea, Romania) earned a 6-3 victory over the duo of Madi Mabrito and Alexa Orlando to knot the match at 1-1.
With the doubles point up for grabs, the Knights would earn a 7-6
(7-5) victory at #1 doubles court as senior
Maja Makal (Bialystok, Poland) and junior
Saga Berggren (Uddevalla, Sweden) defeated Karim Carreras and Valentinna Ferrarini to go up 1-0 heading into singles play.
Singles
Needing three singles victories to clinch the match, Tarbujaru would earn a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Placidi at the #5 court.
Berggren put the home side in a commanding lead of 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Alyssa Rodriguez at the #4 court.
Fawzy at #3 court would defeat Umekuni to the score of 6-2, 6-3 as the Knights clinched the match and took a commanding lead of 4-0.
Bergmann would put the Knights up 5-0 with a three-set victory over Alexa Orlando with a 6-3, 2-6, 10-3 victory at the #6 court.
At #1 singles Rioval would earn a tough victory over Ferrarini with a 6-4, 6-3 victory as Queens moved to 4-0 on the season.
UP NEXT: Head coach
Alan Nagel and the Knights conclude the homestand with an East Coast Conference match on Saturday (Oct. 14) evening as they welcome the Firebirds of The University of the District of Columbia to town. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m.
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