Box Score MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.—Trailing 2-0 after doubles, the Fire women's tennis team rallied to go 4-2 in singles to claim its first win over St. Thomas in program history, 5-4.
Freshman twins Alaina and Savannah Ewing won a tiebreaker 7-4 at #3 doubles to give SEU its only doubles point. Alain also came away with the deciding point of the match at #6 singles. After taking the first set 6-3, Ewing dropped the second 6-7, losing a tiebreaker, but won the third set 6-3 to give the Fire the win.
Southeastern returns to the courts on Tuesday when they host Union College at 12 p.m.
RESULTS:
Doubles
#1 Maria Dimitrova & Ksenia Slavina (STU) def. Kelsi Black & Emily Acierno 8-6
#2 Cassandra Lemieux & Victoria Slavina (STU) def. Alexis Quinn & Madeline Wills 8-0
#3 Savannah Ewing & Alaina Ewing (SEU) def. Naomi Maehama & Cynthia Diaz 9-8 (7-4)
Singles
#1 Kelsi Black (SEU) def. Cassandra Lemieux 6-3, 6-0
#2 Alexis Quinn (SEU) def. Victoria Slavina 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
#3 Emily Acierno (SEU) def. Maria Dimitrova 7-5, 6-0
#4 Ksenia Slavina (STU) def. Savannah Ewing 6-1, 6-0
#5 Naomi Maehama (STU) def. Melanie Dodd 6-0, 6-3
#6 Alaina Ewing (SEU) def. Andrea Gonzalez 6-3, 6-7 (9-7), 6-3
