Pirates Fall to Cleveland State to End Weekend

Sunday, February 16

Cleveland, Ohio

10 a.m.

Seton Hall University

Cleveland State

2/16/2020 10:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Cleveland, Ohio - The Seton Hall women's tennis team completed its three-match swing in the state of Ohio Sunday morning with a 7-0 defeat at Cleveland State inside Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.

Freshman Hiba El Khalifi (Casablanca, Morocco) was the lone Pirate to take a set on the day, winning the first set of her match against Sian Payne at No. 4 singles. However, Payne took the second set and then won a tiebreaker to claim victory.

At No. 2 doubles, seniors Michal Matson (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Anniek Jansen (Naarden, Netherlands) nearly pulled off victory, but lost a tiebreaker to Payne and Klara Mrcela.

Seton Hall will be back in action next weekend with a Friday match at Rutgers, followed by a Saturday home tilt with Fordham at Murray Hill Tennis & Fitness in New Providence, N.J.

RESULTS

Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1, 2)
1. AVRAM, Kateryna/LENOAN, Blanche (CSUW) def. Minja Gligic/Hiba El Khalifi (SHU) 6-2
2. MRCELA, Klara/PAYNE, Sian (CSUW) def. Michal Matson/Anniek Jansen (SHU) 7-6 (8-6)
3. LONGO, Lauren/SCHOENBERG, Gaby (CSUW) by default

Singles (Order of finish: 6, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4)
1. MRCELA, Klara (CSUW) def. Minja Gligic (SHU) 6-0, 6-3
2. LENOAN, Blanche (CSUW) def. Michal Matson (SHU) 6-3, 6-2
3. AVRAM, Kateryna (CSUW) def. Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) 6-0, 6-1
4. PAYNE, Sian (CSUW) def. Hiba El Khalifi (SHU) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)
5. SCHOENBERG, Gaby (CSUW) def. Anniek Jansen (SHU) 6-1, 6-4
6. LONGO, Lauren (CSUW) by default