Port Washington, N.Y. – The Fordham women's tennis team picked up its third win over its last four matches with a 5-2 victory over Long Island University on Sunday night at SPORTTIME Port Washington.
The match opened with the Rams dropping the hard-fought doubles point.
Raffaela Alhach and
Anlin Xie defeated LIU's Jasmine Maduel and Saki Oyama at first doubles but the other two doubles matches went to an extra set with third doubles being decided by a tiebreaker.
Fordham won the match by winning five of the six singles matches.
Xiaowei "Rose" Hu won at second singles, coming back after dropping the first set, 6-3, to win the second, 7-6(3) and the third, 6-4, while Xie was victorious at third singles in straight sets, 7-5 and 7-5.
Franny Shea took fifth singles in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, while
Eleni Fasoula (fourth) and
Julianne Nguyen (sixth) each won after their opponent retired with injury.
Fordham 5, LIU 2
Port Washington, N.Y. | SPORTTIME Port Washington
March 17, 2024
SINGLES
1. Leo Boisseau (LIU) def.
Raffaela Alhach (FOWWT) 6-4, 6-4
2.
Xiaowei "Rose" Hu (FOWWT) def. Saki Oyama (LIU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
3.
Anlin Xie (FOWWT) def. Lucy Garrigues (LIU) 7-5, 7-5
4.
Eleni Fasoula (FOWWT) def. Jasmine Maduel (LIU) 6-2, 5-1, retired
5.
Franny Shea (FOWWT) def. Mia Tsoukalas (LIU) 6-4, 6-3
6.
Julianne Nguyen (FOWWT) def. Clara Tardivel (LIU) 6-7, 6-5, retired
DOUBLES
1.
Raffaela Alhach/
Anlin Xie (FOWWT) def. Jasmine Maduel/Saki Oyama (LIU) 6-2
2. Leo Boisseau/Lucy Garrigues (LIU) def. Xiaowei Hu/
Eleni Fasoula (FOWWT) 7-5
3. Clara Tardivel/Mia Tsoukalas (LIU) def.
Franny Shea/
Julianne Nguyen (FOWWT) 7-6 (7-2)
What's Next?
The Rams return to action on Tuesday, March 26, as they begin their spring break schedule with a trip to Beaumont, Texas, to face Lamar University at 3:00 p.m. (ET)