Plana Ventosa Shines in Seton Hall's Home Opener

Friday, February 7

New Providence, N.J.

2:45 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Connecticut

2/7/2020 9:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis

New Providence, N.J. - The Seton Hall women's tennis team battled Connecticut to a very close contest, but came one point short in a 4-3 decision Friday in the Pirates' home opener at Murray Hill Tennis & Fitness.

Freshman Aina Plana Ventosa (Barcelona, Spain) had the best performance of the day with a straight sets victory over Elizabeth Kozyi at No. 4 singles, losing only one game out of 13. She now has two wins in her first three singles appearances this spring season.

Senior Minja Gligic also won at No. 2 singles, defeating UConn's Luciana Rabines, and senior Anniek Jansen (Naarden, Netherlands) was awarded victory in No. 6 singles after her opponent had to withdraw due to injury. Jansen also teamed with senior Michal Matson (Christchurch, New Zealand) to win at No. 3 doubles.

The Pirates will be back at home Saturday when they host Drexel at Murray Hill Tennis & Fitness. The match is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

RESULTS

Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1, 2)
1. Cassie Chung/Mireille Moreau (UConn) def. Hermehr Kaur/Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU), 6-3
2. Denise Lai/Luciana Rabines (UConn) def. Minja Gligic/Hiba El Khalifi (SHU), 7-5
3. Michal Matson/Anniek Jansen (SHU) def Elizabeth Kozyi/Doga Selen Takunyaci (UConn), 6-4

Singles (Order of finish: 6, 4, 3, 1, 5, 2)
1. Mireille Moreau (UConn) def. Hermehr Kaur (SHU), 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 (1)
2. Minja Gligic (SHU) def. Luciana Rabines (UConn), 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (9)
3. Denise Lai (UConn) def. Michal Matson (SHU), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
4. Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Elizabeth Kozyi (UConn), 6-1, 6-0
5. Doga Selen Takunyaci (UConn) def. Hiba El Khalifi (SHU), 6-4, 6-7, 7-5
6. Anniek Jansen (SHU) def. Cassie Chung (UConn), withdraw due to injury