Fairfield women’s tennis traveled to the St. Joseph’s Invitational last weekend, turning in a quality team performance in their second event of the season.
The doubles combo of Lily Malinowki ‘27 and Anna Neyestani ‘27 won their title in the tournament with a 6-2 win over the host St. Joe’s. Additionally, Victoria Mandma ‘28 and Nicolette Loeffler ‘27 each reached their championship finals in their brackets.
“We had a very successful weekend in Philadelphia. Everyone is pushing hard and it showed in the results,” Head Coach Jeff Bricker told fairfieldstags.com. “Congrats to Anna and Lily for winning their doubles flight and to Nicolette and Victoria for grinding their way to the finals of their respective flights,”
Another successful doubles team placed second, as Maeve Cassidy ‘27 and Loeffler earned a 6-2 win over Bucknell. Mandma made it to her final where she fell to Sofiya Snitko of Drexel in a 6-1, 6-1 decision. Malinowski lost to Drexel’s Anastasia Kavounov in the semi finals of the gray flight singles. Kavounov went on to beat Loeffler 6-2, 6-2 in the finals of the bracket.
The Stags will travel to Army this weekend to take part in the West Point Invitational. For more information on women’s tennis and all things Fairfield athletics, visit fairfieldstags.com.
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