WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (April 18, 2014) – The Saint Francis U women's tennis team bowed out of the 2014 Northeast Conference Tennis Championship with a 4-0 setback to top-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson Friday.
 
The Red Flash ends the season with a 13-5 record, setting the school mark for winning percentage (72.3) and matching the program mark for wins in a season.
 
Saint Francis also advanced to its first semifinal appearance in program history under first-year head coach Rob Castille.
 
The setback snapped an eight-match winning streak.  Junior Shivani Patel (Leicestershire, England/Repton School) paced the Red Flash with a 17-7 mark in singles play this season.
 
 
Fairleigh Dickinson 4, Saint Francis U 0
 
Doubles
1. TIHOMIROVA, Ksenija/CASTANY, Gisela (FDU) def. PANIZZA/ZOUBAREVA (SFU) 8-1
2. CHIS, Nicole/KRACHOK, Masha (FDU) def. SACHS/GRYCKIEWICZ (SFU) 8-5
3. PASRICHA, Shreya/LEME, Manuela (FDU) vs. JASSO/JENTZ (SFU) 6-2, unfinished
 
Singles
1. TIHOMIROVA, Ksenija (FDU) vs. PANIZZA (SFU) 6-5, unfinished
2. PASRICHA, Shreya (FDU) vs. PATEL (SFU) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
3. CHIS, Nicole (FDU) def. SACHS (SFU) 6-0, 6-1
4. CASTANY, Gisela (FDU) vs. JASSO (SFU) 6-3, 2-1, unfinished
5. KRACHOK, Masha (FDU) def. GRYCKIEWICZ (SFU) 6-0, 6-2
6. LEME, Manuela (FDU) def. JENTZ (SFU) 6-1, 6-2