Box Score
With the match knotted at three all, Fordham's
Bella Genkina came back from a set down to NJIT's Hannelae MacDonald to earn the deciding point in a 4-3 win by the Rams in Newark, N.J.
With the win, Fordham improves to 3-0 in dual match play, while NJIT moved to 2-2.
Fordham opened the match by earning the doubles point.
Elliesa Ball and
Sarah Ali topped Ksenia Kuzmenko and Jana Luste at first doubles, 7-5, while Genkina and
Anika Novacek defeated Nathalie Habegger and MacDonald, 6-3.
In singles play, Fordham earned points at the second and fifth slots. Ali upended Natalia Melibeu, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 at second singles, while
Destiny Grunin defeated Carolina Zanotta, 6-3, 6-3.
NJIT rallied to tie the match at three all with wins at first, third, and fourth singles, leaving the Genkina/MacDonald match at sixth singles as the deciding point.
MacDonald took the first set, 6-3, but Genkina rebounded to take the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (4). Genkina then won the super tiebreaker, 10-7, to give Fordham the match.
The Fordham women's tennis team will next be in action on Sunday, February 9
th, as they travel to Army for a 1:00 PM match.
