Women's Tennis Rebounds with 4-3 Win over Marist

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West Point, N.Y. – The Fordham women's tennis team rebounded from a tight 4-3 loss at Army yesterday with a 4-3 victory over Marist on Sunday. With the win, the Rams are back over .500 on the season with a 3-2 record, while the Red Foxes fall to 2-6 overall.
 
The Rams got the doubles point in consecutive matches. The duo of Mayu Sato and Hannah Drayton took down Marist's Karlene Pang and Chloe Lant, 6-4, before Estelle Wong and Gianna Insogna shut out Caroline Lozo and Claire Schmitz, 6-0. Marist did get one back in the third doubles contest when the team of Sophia Moeller and Ariel Shulman defeated Alexis Zobeideh and Destiny Grunin, 6-3.
 
Wong and Pang met in #1 singles with the former coming out victorious in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Lozo defeated Sato in a 4-6, 7-5, 11-9 marathon in #2 singles, while Lant was victorious over Drayton in #3 singles, 7-6, 2-6, 2-1 (10-5).
 
Alexis Zobeideh and Destiny Grunin both won their matches, in #4 and #5 singles, respectively, to give Fordham the victory on the day. The freshman Zobeideh thwarted Shulman, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), while Grunin dominated Schmitz, 6-0, 6-0. Elizabeth Brozovich of Marist downed Insogna, 6-0, 3-6, 4-3 (7-5) in #6 singles to round out the competition.
 
The Rams are off for two weeks before hosting their first match of the season, against Binghamton, at Life Time Fitness in nearby Harrison, N.Y. on Sunday, March 13 at 7 p.m.

Results
Singles
Estelle Wong (FU) def. Karlene Pang (MAR), 6-4, 6-3
Caroline Lozo (MAR) def. Mayu Sato (FU), 4-6, 7-5, 11-9
Chloe Lant (MAR) def. Hannah Drayton (FU), 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 2-1 (10-5)
Alexis Zobeideh (FU) def. Ariel Shulman (MAR), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
Destiny Grunin (FU) def. Claire Schmitz (MAR), 6-0, 6-0
Elizabeth Brozovich (MAR) def. Gianna Insogna (FU), 6-0, 3-6, 4-3 (7-5)
 
Doubles
Sato/Drayton (FOR) def. Pang/Lant (MAR), 6-4
Wong/Insogna (FOR) def. Lozo/Schmitz (MAR), 6-0
Sophia Moeller/Shulman (MAR) def. Zobeideh/Grunin (FU), 6-3