Box Score LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – The LIU women's tennis team won their first dual match of the 2022 spring season on the road Saturday night, sweeping Siena, 7-0.
The Sharks went up early, taking the doubles point with wins in the Nos. 2 and 3 spot to lead the match, 1-0.
Valentina Dancenco and
Sofiya Kuzina beat their opponents at No. 2, 6-3. After a loss in the No. 1 spot, the Sharks rallied to take the clinching win at No. 3, where
Bianca Compuesto and
Jasmine Maduel won, 7-5. LIU then went on to win all six singles matches and take the team win.
Dancenco was the first to win in the No. 4 spot, where she had a straight set victory, 6-2, 6-3.
Elinor Storkaas was next, with a 6-3, 6-1 win in the No. 5 singles spo. Compuesto clinched the match win in the No. 3 singles spot, where she had a 6-2, 6-0 win. Kuzina won at No. 2, 6-4, 6-4, while
Victoria Erechtchenko took the win at No. 1, 6-3, 7-6. And
Kate Jorjoliani completed the sweep, winning at No. 6 singles in a tiebreaker, 5-7, 6-3, 10-6.
Up next, the Sharks welcome Florida International University for their first home match of the spring season, Friday, February 4
th at 12 p.m.
LIU 7, Siena 0
Doubles
- Meagan Brown/Laia Giralt (SIE) def. Victoria Erechtchenko/Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-4
- Valentina Dancenco/Sofiya Kuzina (LIU) def. Emma Boggali/Nanea Perkins (SIE) 6-3
- Bianca Compuesto/Jasmine Maduel (LIU) def. Maanya Viswanath/Anastasia Koniaev (SIE) 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3*
Singles
- Victoria Erechtchenko (LIU) def. Meagan Brown (SIE) 6-3,7-6
- Sofiya Kuzina (LIU) def. Laia Giralt (SIE) 6-4, 6-4
- Bianca Compuesto (LIU) def. Emma Boggiali (SIE) 6-2,6-0
- Valentina Dancenco (LIU) def. Nanea Perkins (SIE) 6-2, 6-3
- Elinor Storkaas (LIU) def. Maanya Viswanath (SIE) 6-3, 6-1
- Kate Jorjoliani (LIU) def. Anastasia Koniaev (SIE) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 3*, 2, 1, 6