BOX SCORE

When and Where: October 7, 2017 – Syracuse, N.Y. (Skytop Tennis Courts)
Score: Le Moyne College 6, Southern New Hampshire University 3
Records: Le Moyne 8-2 (6-2 NE10), SNHU 5-3 (5-3 NE10)

Junior Sofia Morais (Porto, Portugal) won a pair of matches, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team was topped by Le Moyne College, 6-3, Saturday at the Skytop Tennis Courts.

Playing shorthanded for the third straight match, this time without its No. 4 singles player, freshman Casey Burns (Westbrook, Conn.), and No. 5 player, junior Rachel Wagner (Framingham, Mass.), Southern New Hampshire was again forced to re-shuffle its lineup. Morais and fellow junior Kaitlyn Poje (E. Stroudsburg, Pa.) were able to post an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles against Marta Nunez and Camila Humala, but Le Moyne would bring a 2-1 lead into singles play.

Morais would again win at No. 2 singles, beating Tiffany Hamdan, 6-2, 7-6 (10-8), with fellow junior Anna Sala (Matadepera, Spain) also coming away victorious at No. 1 singles against Rithika Vajjiravelu, 6-1, 2-6, 10-6. After that, however, the Penmen only won a combined three games at Nos. 3-6, as Le Moyne was able to pick up the victory. 

Notes:
- This marks the first time Southern New Hampshire has lost three consecutive Northeast-10 conference matches since March 2-April 3, 2014.

Up Next:
The Penmen return to action Sunday, Oct. 8 (11 a.m.) when they take on the College of Saint Rose. The next home match for SNHU is Saturday, Oct. 14 (11 a.m.) when it plays host to Saint Michael's College at the SNHU Tennis Courts.

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