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the SNHU women's tennis team posing after winning the 2022 NE10 Championship. the SNHU women's tennis team posing after winning the 2022 NE10 Championship.
the SNHU women's tennis team posing after winning the 2022 NE10 Championship.
Photo Credit: Bruce Preston
Guntra Upeniece being named the NE10 Elite 24 Award winner. Guntra Upeniece being named the NE10 Elite 24 Award winner.
Guntra Upeniece being named the NE10 Elite 24 Award winner.
Photo Credit: Bruce Preston
members of the 2022 NE10 All-Championship Team. members of the 2022 NE10 All-Championship Team.
members of the 2022 NE10 All-Championship Team.
Photo Credit: Bruce Preston
Verena Weindl being named the 2022 NE10 Championship Most Outstanding Player. Verena Weindl being named the 2022 NE10 Championship Most Outstanding Player.
Verena Weindl being named the 2022 NE10 Championship Most Outstanding Player.
Photo Credit: Bruce Preston
the SNHU women's tennis team celebrating winning the NE10 title. the SNHU women's tennis team celebrating winning the NE10 title.
the SNHU women's tennis team celebrating winning the NE10 title.
Photo Credit: Bruce Preston
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Franklin Pierce University FPU (10-2)
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Winner Southern New Hampshire SNH (12-0)
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Southern New Hampshire SNH
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

CHAMPS! Women's Tennis Collects Fourth NE10 Title

Penmen edge Franklin Pierce, 4-3, for first crown since 2012-13

When and Where: October 23, 2022 – Hooksett, N.H. (Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 4, Franklin Pierce University 3
Records: SNHU 12-0, FPU 10-2

Graduate student Verena Weindl (Munich, Germany) came away victorious in her No. 4 singles match to secure an NE10 Championship title, as the top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team rallied past second-seeded Franklin Pierce University on Sunday afternoon at the Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • With the match tied, 3-3, Weindl beat Zoe Asterio Correa, 6-4, 7-6 (7-0) to bring home the title. She also was part of the only SNHU doubles win, as she and freshman Alina Kupfer (Munich, Germany) doubled up Maria Penalver Aguilo and Aynara Ferraz, 6-3, at No. 2.
  • With the Penmen trailing, 3-1, and on the brink of watching a title slip away, Kupfer notched a 7-5, 6-0 win versus Liria Loria at No. 2 singles.
  • Grad student Alexxa Etienne (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) then posted a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory at No. 3 singles against Ana Platisa to tie the match, 3-3.
  • Senior Guntra Upeniece (Riga, Latvia) opened singles play with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Jillian Pagliuca.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire is 12-0 for the first time in program history.
  • SNHU captures its fourth NE10 title and first since the 2012-13 season. It was the fifth title match appearance for the Penmen.
  • SNHU improves to 16-14 (.533) all-time in the NE10 Championship.
  • The Penmen are now 22-8 all-time against Franklin Pierce and have won back-to-back meetings.
  • Franklin Pierce had knocked the Penmen out of the NE10 Championship in the semifinal round last season in the first NE10 postseason meeting between the two teams.
  • Weindl was named the NE10 Championship Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the NE10 All-Championship Team by Kupfer and Etienne.
  • Upeniece was presented with the NE10's Elite 24 Award for women's tennis. The Elite 24 Award honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site of each of the NE10's 24 Championships.
  • Kupfer is now a perfect 11-0 at No. 2 singles.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen will return to action in the spring.
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