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Women's Tennis

Tigers Defeat West Chester, 6-3, in Non-Conference Match






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West Chester, Pa. - The Holy Family University women's tennis team won its tenth match of the season after defeating West Chester University in a non-conference road contest by the score of 6-3 Thursday afternoon.
 
Holy Family improves to 10-9 overall after the victory, while West Chester falls to 13-8 in its regular season finale. 
 
Holy Family opened the match with a 2-1 lead after winning two of the three doubles competitions.   The Tigers picked up identical 8-3 victories in second and third doubles.  Junior Maja Pantelic (Palic, Serbia/) teamed with sophomore Casey Borish (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) at second doubles, while freshmen Jacqueline Clyne (West Islip, N.Y./) and Alina Nersesyan (Yaroslavi, Russia/) won at third doubles.
 
West Chester seniors Brittany Counts and Allison Fetter recorded the team's lone point in doubles with a hard-fought 9-7 decision at first doubles against Holy Family senior Juliana Victoria (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Unidad Educativa Nuevo Mundo) and junior Steicy Castro (London, England/Norwood)
 
In singles action, Holy Family won the top-three flights in straight sets to help seal the match victory.  Victoria defeated Counts at first singles by the scores of 6-4, 6-3, while Nersesyan defeated Fetter, 6-1, 6-0, at second singles.
 
At third singles, Castro defeated senior Alexandra Santoro by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.  
 
Pantelic also won in singles play as she defeated junior Haley Wissinger in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1 at fifth singles. 
 
West Chester earned points at fourth and sixth singles.   Sophomore Jami Dumler came away with 6-3, 6-1 victory against Borish at fourth singles, while freshman Nicole Nardi earned the victory at sixth singles versus Clyne (6-3, 6-0).
 
 
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Singles Competition
1. Victoria (HFU) def. Brittany Counts (WCU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Nersesyan (HFU) def. Allison Fetter (WCU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Castro (HFU) def. Alexandra Santoro (WCU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Jami Dumler (WCU) def. Borish (HFU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Pantelic (HFU) def. Haley Wissinger 6-3, 6-1
6. Nicole Nardi (WCU) def. Clyne (6-3, 6-0)
 
Doubles Competition
1. Counts/Fetter (WCU) def. Victoria/Castro (HFU) 9-7
2. Borish/Pantelic (HFU) def. Santoro/Nardi 8-3
3. Clyne/Nersesyan (HFU) def. Jessica Marassio/Heather Hidalgo 8-3



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