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Eyglo Armannsdottir preparing to hit a backhand shot
Maddie Murphy
3
Franklin Pierce FPU (2-4, 2-3 NE10)
4
Winner Southern N.H. SNH (5-2, 4-2 NE10)
Franklin Pierce FPU
(2-4, 2-3 NE10)
3
Final
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Southern N.H. SNH
(5-2, 4-2 NE10)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women's Tennis Pulls Out 4-3 Victory Versus Franklin Pierce

Armannsdottir wins third-set tiebreaker to decide match

When and Where: October 18, 2025 – Hooksett, N.H. (Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 4, Franklin Pierce University 3
Records: SNHU 5-2 (4-2 NE10), FPU 2-4 (2-3 NE10)

Freshman Eyglo Armannsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) came away victorious in her third-set tiebreaker at No. 5 singles to lift the Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team to a 4-3 victory Saturday afternoon a three-hour and 45-minute marathon at the Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts.

KEY MOMENT
  • After Franklin Pierce rallied from a 3-1 deficit to even the match, Armannsdottir dropped the first set of her No. 5 singles match to Candela Tortosa, 5-7, but then bounced back with a 7-5 win in the second and sent the Penmen to victory with a 7-6 (7-5) triumph in the deciding frame.
NOTES
  • SNHU has now won three straight.
  • Junior Nadya Lyekontseva (Kyiv, Ukraine) improved to 5-1 in singles action this season.
  • The Penmen are now 23-6 all-time against Franklin Pierce and have won six straight. The last Ravens win came in the NE10 Championship semifinals on Oct. 22, 2021 at SNHU (4-0). The Penmen have also won five of their last six, including four-in-a-row, at home in the series.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen return to action Saturday, Oct. 25 (1 p.m.) when they play host to Bentley University at the Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts.

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