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Verena Weindl preparing to hit a forehand shot
Jim Stankiewicz
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New Haven UNH (4-2, 2-1 NE10)
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Winner Southern New Hampshire SNH (3-0, 2-0 NE10)
New Haven UNH
(4-2, 2-1 NE10)
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Final
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Southern New Hampshire SNH
(3-0, 2-0 NE10)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women's Tennis Moves to 3-0 with 6-1 Triumph Over New Haven

When and Where: September 20, 2022 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Stadium Tennis Courts)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 6, University of New Haven 1
Records: SNHU 3-0 (2-0 NE10), UNH 4-2 (2-1 NE10)

Graduate student Verena Weindl (Munich, Germany) clinched a hard-fought victory with a win at No. 4 singles, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team posted a 6-1 win against the University of New Haven on Tuesday afternoon at the Penmen Stadium Tennis Courts.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Weindl defeated Alyssa Rodriguez, 6-4, 6-0, at No. 4. She also clinched the doubles point along with freshman Alina Kupfer (Munich, Germany), as they pulled out a 7-6 (7-5) win against Lucia Placido and Valentinna Ferrarini at No. 2 doubles.
  • Kupfer was a 6-3, 6-0 winner against Karim Carreras at No. 2 singles.
  • Senior Magdalena Hubickova (Prague, Czech Republic), who was named the NE10 Player of the Week earlier Tuesday, notched a 6-4, 6-2 No. 1 singles victory over Farrarini, in addition to picking up a No. 1 doubles win, as she and graduate student Alexxa Etienne (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) outlasted Carreras and Gaayatri Shankar, 7-6 (7-3).
  • Etienne made easy work of Shankar, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3 singles.
  • Sophomore Guntra Upeniece (Riga, Latvia) rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alexa Orlando at No. 6 singles.
NOTES
  • Junior Isabella Andrade (Cochabamba, Bolivia) dropped a 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-4 decision to Kacie Banks at No. 5 singles. She and Upeniece were also narrowly upended, 7-5, at No. 3 doubles by Banks and Orlando.
  • Southern New Hampshire begins the season 3-0 for the third straight year.
  • The Penmen improve to 13-1 all-time against New Haven and have now won two straight in the series. SNHU is now 7-1 at home against the Chargers, but wins its first match against UNH there since Sept. 25, 2016 (8-1).
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen return to action Thursday, Sept. 22 for the ITA East Regional Championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
  • The next home match for SNHU is Sunday, Oct. 2 (1 p.m.) when it plays host to American International College at the Penmen Stadium Tennis Courts.
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