BOX SCORE
When and Where: March 11, 2017 – Lynbrook, N.Y. (SPORTIME)
Score: New York Institute of Technology 6, Southern New Hampshire University 3
Records: NYIT 13-0, SNHU 13-4
Junior Lindsay Baum (N. Salem, N.Y.) and sophomore Rachel Wagner (Framingham, Mass.) each won their singles matches and then combined on a doubles victory, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to the 27th-ranked New York Institute of Technology on Saturday evening at SPORTIME.
Baum and Wagner salvaged a doubles win for the Penmen as they dispatched Antonella Lopez and Rosa LaCorte, 8-3, at No. 3.
Wager then defeated Lopez, 8-5, at No. 5 singles, with Baum taking apart LaCorte, 8-1, in the No. 6 slot.
Notes:
-SNHU loses for just the second time in its last 10 matches.
-Baum has won nine-in-a-row in singles play, while she and Wagner improve to 15-1 this season as doubles partners.
-NYIT, in addition to being ranked 27th in the country, is No. 1 in the ITA East Region Rankings, while Southern New Hampshire is slotted sixth.
Up Next:
The Penmen return to action Wednesday, March 15 (7 p.m.) when they open their three-match trip to Hawaii against Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
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