Flash Points:

• SFU women's tennis dropped a 6-1 decision against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday at The Club Sport and Health in Monroeville.
• The Red Flash won a doubles and a singles match.
• SFU is 1-5 this spring and will play its NEC opener on Sunday against St. Francis Brooklyn, starting at 9 a.m.

MONROEVILLE, Pa. – The Saint Francis women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday at The Club Sport and Health.  The Red Flash won one singles and one doubles match.  SFU is now 1-5 this spring, while Carnegie Mellon, ranked 12th in the ITA Division III Poll, is now 5-0.

"I was not pleased with our effort today," said Head Coach Rob Castille. "Credit to CMU, who played a very solid match.  We need to learn to compete better. We're giving away too many free points and need to make things more difficult for our opponents. That's something we discussed after the match. Every player needs to fight for every point like it's the last point they'll ever play. If we learn to do that, we can be a tough team to beat."
 
At the top doubles spot, freshmen Laura Gutierrez (Bogota, Colombia/Cibercolegio UCN) and Lucia Seigford (Madrid, Spain/Mirasur) met Carnegie Mellon's Cori Sidell and Nicholle Torres.  The Red Flash duo earned a 6-4 victory.  Gutierrez and Seigford are now 2-3 this spring.
 
Sophomores Raskha Bode and Stephanie Miller (Washington, D.C./St. John's College High School) competed at No. 2 against the Tartans' Courtney Ollis and Vinaya Rao.  The SFU pair dropped a 6-4 result.
 
The Tartans won the match at No. 3 by default due to no SFU player available.
 
Miller took on CMU's Rao at the No. 4 singles position.  The Red Flash sophomore claimed the first set, 7-5.  She then completed the straight-set victory with a 6-4 win in the second set.  Miller is now 3-3 this spring.
 
Gutierrez faced the Tartans' Torres, ranked 37th in the ITA Division III Poll, at the top singles spot.  The Saint Francis rookie fell 6-2, 6-4. 
 
At the No. 2 position, Seigford met CMU's Sidell, ranked 28th in ITA Division III singles.  Sidell won the first set, 6-2, but Seigford answered by winning a 6-2 set of her own.  In the deciding set, Sidell came out on top, 6-4.
 
Bode competed against CMU's Vizelman at No. 3.  The Red Flash sophomore fell 7-5, 7-5. 
 
Freshman Kathryn Dunleavy (Farmington Hills, Mich./Mercy) took on the Tartans' Ollis at the fifth singles position.  The SFU rookie dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision.
 
The Tartans won the match at No. 6 by default due to no SFU player available.
 
The Red Flash is back in action on Sunday as it battles St. Francis Brooklyn.  The match begins at 9 a.m. at The Club Sport and Health.  The Terriers are 0-6 overall and 0-1 in the NEC this Spring.
 
Doubles:
1. Gutierrez/Seigford(SFU) def. Sidell/Torres(CMU), 6-4.
2. Ollis/Rao(CMU) def. Bode/Miller(SFU), 6-4.
3. Lai/Vizelman(CMU) win by default (No SFU Player).
 
Singles:
1. Torres(CMU) def. Gutierrez(SFU), 6-2, 6-4.
2. Sidell(CMU) def. Seigford(SFU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
3. Vizelman(CMU) def. Bode(SFU), 7-5, 7-5.
4. Miller(SFU) def. Rao(CMU), 7-5, 6-4.
5. Ollis(CMU) def. Dunleavy(SFU), 6-2, 7-5.
6. Lai(CMU) wins by default (No SFU Player).