WEST WINDSOR, N.J. - The Fairleigh Dickinson women's tennis team's season came to an end with a 4-1 loss to Bryant on Saturday afternoon from the Mercer County Tennis Center. Sophomore Gauri Bhagia recorded the point in the match for the Knights.
The competition began with a doubles competition. Juniors Amina Lasheen and Shreya Gulia dropped their match to Bryant's Camila Baeza and M. Gomez Estrada 4-6. In spot No. 3, Senior Aleksandra Vorozheikina and graduate student Marta Bettinelli fell short to Caitlyn Munson and Olivia Rondini, 6-7 (5). The No. 1 team of junior Alena Kubanova and freshman Namie Isago finished doubles play with an unfinished match, 6-6.
Lasheen battled in a three-set match at the No. 2 spot to start singles play but fell, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. Singh dropped her match at No. 5, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6. Gauri Bhagia grabbed the only win for the Knights in a three-set contest over Rondini at No. 6, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Kubanova fell to Boru, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 5-7, resulting in an overall win for the Bulldogs. Vorozheikina, in the No. 2 spot, faced the Bulldogs' Hickey and Isago at No. 4 faced Munson, with both matches ending unfinished.
Box Score
Doubles
1. Alena Kubanova/Namie Isago (FDU) unf. Ada Boru/Leanne Kendall (BRY) 6-6
2. Camila Baeza/M. Gomez Estrada (BRY) def. Aleksandra Vorozheikina/Marta Bettinelli (FDU) 7-6 (5)
3. Caitlyn Munson/Olivia Rondini (BRY) def. Amina Lasheen/Shreya Gulia (FDU) 6-4
Singles
1. Ada Boru (BRY) def. Alena Kubanova (FDU) 7-6, 6-3, 7-5
2. Sarah Hickey (BRY) unf. Aleksandra Vorozheikina (FDU) 6-7 (5), 5-5
3. Leanne Kendall (BRY) def. Amina Lasheen (FDU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Namie Isago (FDU) unf. Caitlyn Munson (BRY) 7-6, 3-6, 5-4
5. Camila Baeza (BRY) def. Smriti Singh (FDU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
6. Gauri Bhagia (FDU) def. Olivia Rondini (BRY) 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 2); Singles(3, 5, 6, 1)