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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham women's tennis team was swept by St. John's on Wednesday afternoon, 7-0, at the Hawthorn/Rooney Courts. With the loss, the Rams fall to 9-5 on the season, while the Red Storm improves to 12-4 overall.
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New York neighbors St. John's got started with a 6-2 victory in the first doubles match between Natallia Vavulina and Anna Morozova and Fordham's
Mayu Sato and
Estelle Wong. The freshman tandem of
Gianna Insogna and
Whitney Weisberg dropped a 6-3 match to Stephanie Elgegren and Delia Arranz, before Jaide Collins and Zofia Stanisz defeated
Alexis Zobeideh and
Destiny Grunin, 6-4.
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Arran saw Weisberg again in singles play and the former was victorious, 6-3, 6-1, at the fifth position for the day's first complete singles bout. Vavulina down Wong, 6-1, 6-1, and Olaya Inclan clinched the match for the Red Storm with a 6-3, 6-3, win over Grunin. Elsewhere, Collins defeated Insogna, 6-4, 6-4, Sato fell to Morozova, 7-5, 6-2, and Irina Preotescu grinded out a 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 result over Zobeideh.
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The Rams travel to Hofstra tomorrow, Thursday, April 14, for the team's second-to-last road contest of the season. The match against the Pride is slated to begin at 3:30 p.m.
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ResultsSinglesNatallia Vavulina (STJ) def.
Estelle Wong (FOR), 6-1, 6-1
Anna Morozova (STJ) def.
Mayu Sato (FOR), 7-5, 6-2
Irina Preotescu (STJ) def.
Alexis Zobeideh (FOR), 7-6 (7-0), 6-2
Olaya Inclan (STJ) def.
Destiny Grunin (FOR), 6-3, 6-3
Delia Arranz (STJ) def.
Whitney Weisberg (FOR), 6-3, 6-1
Jaide Collins (STJ) def.
Gianna Insogna (FOR), 6-4, 6-4
(Order of Finish: 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 3)
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DoublesVavulina/Morozova (STJ) def. Sato/Wong (FOR), 6-2
Elgegren/Arranz (STJ) def. Insogna/Weisberg (FOR), 6-3
Collins/Stanisz (STJ) def. Zobeideh/Grunin (FOR), 6-4
(Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3)
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