Pirates Fight Valiantly in BIG EAST Quarterfinal Defeat to Top Seed UConn

Friday, April 18

Cayce, S.C.

9 a.m.

Seton Hall University

Connecticut

Photo by: Travis Bell/SIDELINE CAROLINA

Pirates Fight Valiantly in BIG EAST Quarterfinal Defeat to Top Seed UConn

4/18/2025 12:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Cayce, S.C. - The Seton Hall women's tennis team pushed top-seeded UConn to the limit, battling valiantly in a 4-2 defeat to the Huskies in the quarterfinals of the 2025 BIG EAST Championship Friday morning at Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center.

Seton Hall's season comes to a close with a 12-12 dual match record and the program's first conference tournament win since 2017.

The Pirates dropped the doubles point to the Huskies in a close battle, but the Pirates then took a 2-1 lead after singles wins by Anastasia Sereda at No. 1 and Arabella Moen at No. 6. Sereda, who topped Olivia Wright in straight sets, won a tournament match for the second year in a row. Moen, who topped Caroline Hinshaw in straight sets, was the only Pirate to win both a first-round and a quarterfinal singles match.

UConn took a 3-2 lead with singles wins at No. 2 and No. 4, but the Pirates still had a chance to win as No. 3 and No. 5 went to a third set, but the top-seeded Huskies ultimately prevailed.

RESULTS

Doubles
1. Olivia Wright/Victoria Matos (UCONN) def. Paige Wise/Niamh Campbell (HALL) 6-4
2. Anastasia Sereda/Isabelle May (HALL) led Isabel Petri Bere/Chloe Lomans (UCONN) 6-5 (DNF)
3. Isabella Asenov/Cameron Didion (UCONN) def. Tamsin Hart/Rachel Benoualid (HALL) 6-4

Singles
1. Anastasia Sereda (HALL) def. Olivia Wright (UCONN) 6-2, 6-1
2. Isabel Petri Bere (UCONN) def. Paige Wise (HALL) 6-4, 6-0
3. Victoria Matos (UCONN) def. Imogen Brooker (HALL) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
4. Cameron Didion (UCONN) def. Tamsin Hart (HALL) 6-4, 6-3
5. Isabella Asenov (UCONN) led Isabelle May (HALL) 7-6(2), 2-6, 5-1 (DNF)
6. Arabella Moen (HALL) def. Caroline Hinshaw (UCONN) 6-3, 6-0