Doubles Game Strong in The Hall's Defeat at FIU

Thursday, March 5

Miami, Fla.

12 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Florida International

3/5/2020 3:39:00 PM | Women's Tennis

MIAMI - The Seton Hall women's tennis team was a tiebreaker away from taking the doubles point from Florida International, but the Pirates were unable to prevail and ultimately fell to the Panthers, 4-0, Thursday at the FIU Tennis Courts. The Pirates wrapped up spring break a successful 2-1 on the trip.

The Pirates looked strong in doubles with senior Anniek Jansen (Naarden, Netherlands) and freshman Hiba El Khalifi (Casabalanca, Morocco) earning victory at No. 3 doubles with a 6-3 win over Francisca Vergara and Ashley Vielma. The Pirates then had FIU on the ropes at No. 1 doubles as senior Minja Gligic (Belgrade, Serbia) and junior Hermehr Kaur (Redlands, Calif.) pushed Kamila Umarova and Basak Akbas to a tiebreaker that ultimately went FIU's way.

The Pirates, once again playing short at singles, were unable to win a set thereafter.

Seton Hall returns north to host Wagner on Saturday, March 14 at Murray Hill Tennis & Fitness in New Providence, N.J. The match is scheduled for 6 p.m.

RESULTS

Doubles (Order of finish: 2, 3, 1)
1. Kamila Umarova/Basak Akbas (FIU) def. Minja Gligic/Hermehr Kaur (SHU) 7-6 (1)
2. Kristina Miletic/Sandra Bozinovic (FIU) def. Michal Matson/Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) 6-3
3. Hiba El Khalifi/Anniek Jansen (SHU) def. Francisca Vergara/Ashley Vielma (FIU) 6-3

Singles (Order of finish: 6, 5, 4)
1. Kamila Umarova (FIU) leading Minja Gligic (SHU) 6-2, 2-1
2. Sandra Bozinovic (FIU) leading Michal Matson (SHU) 6-4, 1-0
3. Marina Alcaide (FIU) leading Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) 6-2, 4-0
4. Basak Akbas (FIU) def. Hiba El Khalifi (SHU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Kristina Miletic (FIU) def. Anniek Jansen (SHU) 6-0, 6-0
6. FIU by default