
Pirates Cruise Past Butler in Regular Season Finale
4/26/2018 12:38:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Indianapolis, Ind. – The Seton Hall women's tennis team cruised to a 6-1 victory in the BIG EAST and regular season finale at Butler on Saturday.
Senior Luize Strike (Riga, Latvia) and junior Anicka Fajnorova (Bratislava, Slovakia) registered a 6-1 win at the No. 1 doubles spot. Next, sophomores Melody Taal (Ede, Netherlands) and Michal Matson (St. Albans, New Zealand) secured the team doubles point with another 6-1 win at No. 3.
Strike, Fajnorova, Taal, Matson and sophomore Anniek Jansen (Naarden, Netherlands) all picked up wins during singles play to secure the victory for The Hall.
Up next, the Pirates head to Cayce, S.C. for the BIG EAST Championship April 26-29. The No. 5 seeded Pirates will take on No. 4 seed Xavier on Friday, April 27 at 12:30 p.m. Live stats will be available throughout the tournament.
Doubles
1. Luize Strike/Anicka Fajnorova (HALL) def. Bailey Padgett/Jordan Minnick (BUT), 6-1
2. Thandy Kangwa/Katie Kim (HALL) vs. Emily Neal/Rachel Sutton (BUT), DNF
3. Melody Taal/Michal Matson (HALL) def. Callie Schmit/Carla O'Byrne (BUT), 6-1
Singles
1. Luize Strike (HALL) def. Bailey Padgett (BUT) 6-1, 6-4
2. Anicka Fajnorova (HALL) def. Rachel Sutton (BUT) 6-1, 6-1
3. Melody Taal (HALL) def. Emily Neal (BUT) 6-1, 6-3
4. Lauren Marx (BUT) def. Thandy Kangwa (HALL) 7-5, 3-3 ret
5. Michal Matson (HALL) def. Nina Bertino (BUT) 6-2, 6-1
6. Anniek Jansen (HALL) def. Carla O'Byrne (BUT) 6-1, 6-2
Senior Luize Strike (Riga, Latvia) and junior Anicka Fajnorova (Bratislava, Slovakia) registered a 6-1 win at the No. 1 doubles spot. Next, sophomores Melody Taal (Ede, Netherlands) and Michal Matson (St. Albans, New Zealand) secured the team doubles point with another 6-1 win at No. 3.
Strike, Fajnorova, Taal, Matson and sophomore Anniek Jansen (Naarden, Netherlands) all picked up wins during singles play to secure the victory for The Hall.
Up next, the Pirates head to Cayce, S.C. for the BIG EAST Championship April 26-29. The No. 5 seeded Pirates will take on No. 4 seed Xavier on Friday, April 27 at 12:30 p.m. Live stats will be available throughout the tournament.
Doubles
1. Luize Strike/Anicka Fajnorova (HALL) def. Bailey Padgett/Jordan Minnick (BUT), 6-1
2. Thandy Kangwa/Katie Kim (HALL) vs. Emily Neal/Rachel Sutton (BUT), DNF
3. Melody Taal/Michal Matson (HALL) def. Callie Schmit/Carla O'Byrne (BUT), 6-1
Singles
1. Luize Strike (HALL) def. Bailey Padgett (BUT) 6-1, 6-4
2. Anicka Fajnorova (HALL) def. Rachel Sutton (BUT) 6-1, 6-1
3. Melody Taal (HALL) def. Emily Neal (BUT) 6-1, 6-3
4. Lauren Marx (BUT) def. Thandy Kangwa (HALL) 7-5, 3-3 ret
5. Michal Matson (HALL) def. Nina Bertino (BUT) 6-2, 6-1
6. Anniek Jansen (HALL) def. Carla O'Byrne (BUT) 6-1, 6-2
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