Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 EMMITSBURG, MD – The LIU women's tennis team remained perfect in Northeast Conference play on Saturday when they defeated St. Francis U. 4-0 and Mount St. Mary's, 4-2. With the victories, LIU's record improves to a perfect 3-0 in NEC play and 12-3 overall.

"We had to play through extremely windy conditions all day and had a few players out or hindered due to nagging injuries," said head coach Jan Griga. "I am very proud of the team for pulling out both wins in this double header on the road. Our tenacity and skill definitely helped us today."

SHARK BITES VS. SAINT FRANCIS U.

• The Sharks took the doubles point with convincing 6-0 and 6-1 wins on courts one and three to nab the early 1-0 lead.
• Moving to court one on singles, Valentina Dancenco picked up LIU's first win on the singles with a 6-1, 6-2.
• Phoebe Watton advanced the Sharks to within one point of a match victory with her 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Vinces.
• Victoria Erechtchenko clinched the match for LIU with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Vandeputte to give the Sharks their third straight shutout, 4-0.

SHARK BITES VS. MOUNT ST. MARY'S

• Mount St. Mary's picked up the first point of the day on the doubles court to go up 1-0.
• Bianca Compuesto won her match to even up the score at 1-1.
• Dancenco gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with a 6-1, 6-3 victory on court two over Shirley Liang.
• Storkaas helped LIU take back the lead at 3-2 when she defeated Barney 6-3, 6-3.
• Phoebe Watton secured the 4-2 victory for the Sharks with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Ryan McCarthy.
• LIU has now won eight straight contests dating back to February 25^th when they defeated UCONN 4-3.

Up next, the Sharks are back in action on Saturday, March 26^th when they travel to face Queens College.

LIU 4 – SFU 0

Doubles competition:
1. Valentina Dancenco/Sofiya Kuzina (LIU) def. Anouk Ma-Ajong /Dominique Yeo (SFU) 6-0
2. Elinor Storkaas/Victoria Erechtchenko (LIU) def. Romina Cutipa/Bente Vandeputte (SFU) UF
3. Phoebe Watton/Bianca Compuesto (LIU) def. Valeria Vinces/Maire Discini (SFU) 6-1

Singles competition:
1. Valentina Dancenco (LIU) def. Dominique Yeo (SFU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Sofiya Kuzina (LIU) vs Anouk Ma-Ajong (SFU) 7-5, 4-5 UF
3. Victoria Erechtchenko (LIU) def. Bente Vandeputte (SFU) 7-5, 6-1
4. Bianca Compuesto (LIU) vs Romina Cutipa (SFU) 7-5, 5-1, UF
5. Kate Jorjoliani  (LIU) vs Nagisa Miyake (SFU) 2-6, 1-5 UF
6. Phoebe Watton (LIU) def. Valeria Vinces(SFU), 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,6,3)
 
LIU 4 – MSM 2

Doubles:
1. Amber Policare/Adriana Barney (MSM) def. Valentina Dancenco/Sofiya Kuzina(LIU) 6-4
2. Riya Mathur/Shirley Liang (MSM) def. Elinor Storkaas/Jasmine Maduel (LIU) 7-6
3. Phoebe Watton/Bianca Compuesto (LIU) def. Ana Alvarez-Storni/Ryan McCarthy (MSM) 6-2
Singles
1. Amber Policare (MSM) def. Sofiya Kuzina (LIU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Valentina Dancenco (LIU) def. Shirley Liang (MSM) 6-1, 6-3
3. Bianca Compuesto (LIU) def. Riya Mathur (MSM) 6-1, 1-0 RET
4. Elinor Storkaas (LIU) def. Adriana Barney (MSM) 6-3, 6-3
5. Kate Jorjoliani (LIU) vs Ana Alvarez-Storni (MSM) 2-6, 4-1 UF
6. Phoebe Watton (LIU) def. Ryan McCarthy (MSM) 6-4, 6-1

Order of finish Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,1,2,4,6)