Howard spoils home opener for women's tennis
The AU women's tennis team was defeated by Howard Sunday, 4-3.
The doubles matches were tight, with Howard winning two of them by an 8-4 margin to capture the doubles point.
The AU tandem of Julia Colarusso and Malvina DeLaCanal won the third doubles match for the Eagles
Things were going well at first for AU in singles play, as Colarusso's opponent, Aja Wright, retired because of an injury in the beginning of the first set.
DeLaCanal easily defeated Jasmine Wright, 6-1, 6-3, to give that the doubles-winning team singles wins for AU's first two points of the match.
But the Bison then came back, winning three of their single matches. Sometimes they inflicted bitter defeats to AU, such as Laura Marin defeating Ali Harrison, 6-0, 6-0. AU's Brandi Kligman's victory against Cecelia Townes, 6-2, 6-4, was not sufficient to let the Eagles win the competition, for Howard's Paige Fenn and Nicole Henderson defeated Merrissa Hollinger and Alison Schmidt in the last part of the match.
AU's next match is at Towson on Saturday.
- ANTOINE?PIETRI
Men's tennis wins home opener
The AU men's tennis team dominated singles play to narrowly beat Hampton, 4-3, Friday in its first home match.
The Eagles (2-5) won in the No. 2 through No. 5 slots. Sebastian Proisy, Jeffrey Schnell and Juancarlo Vasquez each swept sets to win, 2-0. Andrew Singer defeated Hampton's Albert Lambert in a three-set battle. He dropped the first set, but came to win with scores of 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.
AU lost the doubles point, although the top team of Frayssinoux and Vasquez edged the Pirates with a 9-8 win.
AU's next match is Saturday when it takes on Hampton at home.
- KEVIN HILGERS
