Pirates Suffer Senior Day Setback to Marquette

Friday, April 13

South Orange, N.J.

1 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Marquette

4/13/2018 5:28:00 PM | Women's Tennis

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's tennis team dropped a tightly-contested 4-1 BIG EAST match to Marquette on a beautiful Friday afternoon at the Ivy Hill Park Tennis Courts.

Sophomores Melody Taal (Ede, Netherlands) and Michal Matson (St. Albans) paired for an impressive victory at No. 3 doubles, but the Pirates could not keep pace early on as the Golden Eagles won the doubles point.

During singles play, senior Luize Strike (Riga, Latvia), junior Anicka Fajnorova (Bratislava, Slovakia) and senior Katie Kim (Honolulu, Hawaii) played Marquette point-for-point down to the wire, but wound up on the wrong end.

Taal got The Pirates on the board with a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Marquette's Fleur Eggink at the No. 3 singles position.

Prior to Friday's match, Seton Hall honored its two seniors, Strike and Kim.

Up next, the Pirates are back at it on Saturday with a 3 p.m. match at BIG EAST foe Villanova in suburban Philadelphia.

Doubles
1. Natalija Popovic/Fleur Eggink (MU) def. Anick Fajnorova/Luize Strike (HALL), 6-2
2. Paula Tormos Sanchez/Andrea Amortegui (MU) def. Thandy Kangwa/Katie Kim (HALL), 6-3
3. Melody Taal/Michal Matson (HALL) def. Lesley Foe/Isabella Franks (MU) , 6-2

Singles
1. Paula Tormos Sanchez (MU) def. Luize Strike (HALL) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
2. Natalija Popovic (MU) def. Anicka Fajnorova (HALL) 6-2, 6-4
3. Melody Taal (HALL) def. Fleur Eggink (MU) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5
4. Michal Matson (HALL) vs. Andrea Amortegui (MU) 1-6, 5-3 DNF
5. Foe (MU) def. Katie Kim (HALL) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
6. Anniek Jansen (HALL) vs. Franks (MU) 2-5 DNF