TRUMBULL, Conn. – The Fairleigh Dickinson women's tennis team starts NEC play on Monday, March 1 when they travel to Sacred Heart for a match beginning at 10 a.m. 

Match Info
FDU (0-2) at Sacred Heart (0-1)
Monday, March 1 at 10 a.m. – Tennis Club of Trumbull
No spectators will be permitted throughout the 2020-21 season

Scouting the Pioneers
Sacred Heart (0-1) opened the 2021 campaign with a 4-3 loss to Stony Brook on Friday, February 26. The Pioneers were picked fourth in the NEC Preseason Poll. SHU won all three doubles matches in close fashion, with Vitalina Golod and Ciara O'Toole leading the way with a 6-5 win in number one doubles. Golod also won her number one singles match against Stony Brook by a 6-4, 7-5 margin. S Katsiaryna won a crazy three-set match in number four singles (6-3, 7-5, 10-4). 
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Scouting the Knights
FDU (0-2) opened the season with a pair of 7-0 losses to Temple and Delaware. The Knights were picked first in the NEC Preseason Poll, as announced by the league office on Wednesday, February 24. In FDU's opening match against Temple, sophomores Amina Lasheen and Shreya Gulia recorded a 6-3 victory in number one doubles. Lasheen and Gulia are now a combined 6-1 in doubles matches played together over their two seasons at FDU. The Knights beat Sacred Heart 6-1 when the two teams last met in 2019 and senior Anamaria Vladescu and junior Smriti Singh won a thrilling number three doubles match by a 7-6 (7) margin. 

What's Next
After Monday's match against Sacred Heart, the Knights will return to the courts on Friday, March 12 when they travel to Bronxville, N.Y. to face Concordia.