Women's Tennis Falls to Binghamton, 4-3 - Seton Hall University Athletics

Freshman Danielle Viola won her No. 5 singles match against Jennifer Naegeli, 6-3, 6-1.

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Seton Hall women’s tennis team lost to Binghamton 4-3 on Friday at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center. The match was the Pirates first of the spring season. Seton Hall took the doubles point and both the No. 5 and No. 6 singles points, but all four of the top seeds fell in straight sets.

Freshman Danielle Viola (Niagara Fall, N.Y,) defeated Binghamton’s Naegeli, 6-3, 6-1, and junior Eva Gyurgina (Radomir, Bulgaria) topped Scarangella, 7-5, 6-2, for the Pirates only singles points of the match.

Seton Hall took the doubles points by winning both the No. 1 and No. 2 matches. Senior Viviana Figueroa (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) and sophomore Nadja Sein (Tallinn, Estonia) teamed up to beat Naegeli and Koprivica, 8-1, in the No. 1 match, and in the No. 2 match Gyurgina and Viola bested Altriaj and Kuchnirourch, 8-3.

The Pirates return to action Saturday, Feb. 4, when they will face Army at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y., at 10:00 a.m.

Singles:
Zeynep Altinay def. Viviana Figueroa (SH) - 6-1, 6-3
Lya Kushnirouch def. Amanda El-Tobgy (SH) - 6-4, 6-0
Jelena Koprivica def. Sylvia Jaros (SH) - 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
Juliana Umeki def. Nadja Sein (SH) – 6-4, 6-2
Danielle Viola (SH) def. Jennifer Naegeli (B) - 6-3, 6-1
Eva Gyurgina (SH) def. Nicole Scarangella (B) - 7-5, 6-2

Doubles:
Viviana Figueroa/Nadja Sein (SH) def. Jennifer Naegeli/Jelena Koprivica (B) – 8-1
Eva Gyurgina/Daneille Viola def. Zeynep Altinay,/Lya Kuchnirouch (B) – 8-6
Nicole Scarangella/Jennifer Naegeli (B) def. Sylvia Jaros/Veronica Gerka (SH) -8-3

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