Savannah State Falls to Florida A&M

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Savannah State University women’s tennis (0-18, 0-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) fell to Florida A&M University (6-10, 3-0 MEAC) 6-0 Sunday at the Tiger Tennis Courts.

Junior Sandy Lochu fell to Alexis Dean of FAMU 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 1 singles position, while sophomore Elizabeth Geronimo fell to FAMU’s Shantel Blackwood 6-0 in the first set, but was retired due to injury at the No. 2 singles position and freshman Rachida Kateb fell to FAMU’s Olivia Rolle 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 3 singles position.

Junior Jennyfer Vivas fell to FAMU’s Arrice Robinson 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 4 singles position, while junior Bria Burrows fell to Elizabeth Clayton of FAMU 6-2, 6-2 and senior Tiffany Williams fell to Kiara Shaw of FAMU 6-0 in the first set and was trailing 1-0 in the second set before retiring due to injury.

The doubles were not played since the match was moved back from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. due to rain and wet courts.

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Norfolk State Drop Non-Conference Match To Richmond

NORFOLK, Va. - Richmond earned a third set win at the No. 1 spot in the lineup on the way to a 7-0 win over the Norfolk State men's tennis team on Sunday afternoon at the indoor Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.

The Spiders won both contested doubles matches and broke a five-match losing streak in the process. They improved to 7-10 while dropping NSU to 2-12.

Freshman Benedikt Henning nearly pulled off the win for NSU at the top spot. He lost the first set by a 6-4 margin to Jacob Dunbar before winning the second set, 6-4. Dunbar came away with a 10-4 victory in the third set tiebreaker to keep the match a sweep.

Sophomore Antonio Pejic nearly forced a third set as well against Caleb Troy at No. 3 singles. Pejic fell in the first set, 6-1, and narrowly lost the second set, 7-6, including 7-5 in the tiebreaker.

Canyon Teague came away with a 7-5 win in the first set at the second singles position to NSU freshman Dan Dumitrascu before winning the second set, 6-2. Richmond also had slightly easier matches at the fourth and fifth spots. James Aronson defeated sophomore Fatehdeep Singh, 6-3 and 6-0, at the fourth position, while Alex Hahn downed freshman Flavian Fernandez at the No. 5 position, 6-1 and 6-2.

The Spiders also won the sixth singles slot and the third doubles position due to NSU's short-handed lineup. In the other doubles matches, Dunbar and Troy defeated Henning and Fernandez at the first spot, 6-2, while Teague and Aronson took care of Singh and Pejic by a 6-3 score at the No. 2 spot.

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