POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Another strong performance across the board saw Fairfield University women's tennis take down Marist, 6-1 Monday afternoon.
"This was a really solid victory for our team," said Head Coach Jeff Bricker. "We played well and took care of business. Looking forward to playing at home again on Wednesday!"
The Stags' opened the day with a clean sweep of the doubles' rounds beginning with a victory in the top flight, 6-1 by Paulina Bakaite and Francesca Karman who have now won back-to-back matches together. Amanda Nowak and Katarina Plumtree captured their team leading fourth win of the season, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles and in the No. 3 duel Sandra Bozinovic and Laina Campos won their third match together, 6-2.
In the singles round Bozinovic nabbed her team-leading 18th win of the season with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 victory in the top flight, followed by Plumtree's 11th victory of the year in the No. 2 match, 6-3, 6-4. Amanda Nowak collected her eighth win of the campaign at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 6-2, and Aina March stepped into the No. 5 spot and dropped just a single game on the way to a 6-1, 6-0 victory. In the No. 6 duel, Sophia Prinos split a closely contested match 7-5, 5-7 before taking the tiebreaker 10-5 to claim the match.
Fairfield women's tennis is back in action Wednesday when they return home to host Quinnipiac. First serve between the Stags and the Bobcats is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. from the WAC Tennis Courts.
