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Lucia Dusseljee hitting a backhand shot
Maddie Murphy
4
Winner Southern N.H. SNH (7-2)
3
Providence PC (2-3)
Winner
Southern N.H. SNH
(7-2)
4
Final
3
Providence PC
(2-3)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women's Tennis Knocks Off BIG EAST's Providence, 4-3

Penmen earn first win against BIG EAST school in program history

When and Where: February 14, 2026 – Warwick, R.I. (Tennis Rhode Island, West Bay)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 4, Providence College 3
Records: SNHU 7-2, PC 2-3

Freshman Lucia Dusseljee (Helmond, Netherlands) pulled out a three-set victory at No. 6 singles to lift the Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team to a 4-3 triumph over Providence College at Tennis Rhode Island, West Bay on Saturday.

KEY MOMENTS
  • With their backs against the wall, trailing 3-1, the Penmen fought back when sophomore Lois Tsui (Amsterdam, Netherlands) scored a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles against Flora Eidson.
  • Junior Dajana Abadzic (Weinstadt, Germany) then edged Camila Barrera, 7-5, 6-4, at the top flight to pull even.
  • Dusseljee gave the Penmen the win with a 4-6, 7-4, 6-0 victory against Lauren Krise at No. 6.
NOTES
  • SNHU has now won five straight.
  • Abadzic and Tsui also teamed at No. 1 doubles to defeat Allison Root and Eidson, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point.
  • Dusseljee and freshman Eyglo Armannsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) doubled up Sophie Ahlberg and Erika Beltran, 6-3, at No. 3 doubles.
  • SNHU wins the first meeting between the two programs. The Penmen fell to the University of Connecticut, 6-1, in their only other meeting with a BIG EAST program April 10, 2013.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Sunday, March 1 (9 a.m.) when they open their trip to Orlando, Fla., against Davenport University.

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