BOX SCORE Flash Points:

• SFU Women's Tennis suffered a tough 4-3 loss at Lehigh on Sunday.
• The Red Flash earned a doubles win and three singles victories.
• Saint Francis dropped to 0-4 this season and will face Carnegie Mellon and Dayton next weekend.

LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis Women's Tennis team fell 4-3 at Lehigh on Sunday.  SFU earned a doubles win, but dropped the doubles point.  The Red Flash won three singles matches, but fell to 0-4 this season.  The Mountain Hawks improved to 1-1.

"Overall, I was very pleased with how we competed as a team," said Head Coach Rob Castille. "Lehigh is a good team with a lot of depth and we had points to win the match. So I like how we are putting ourselves in position to win matches, but we need to learn to finish. We have to make sure that when we have a lead or an opportunity, we aren't letting it slip away and we need to keep playing the same way that got us that lead. That will be a focus of ours in practice and over these next few matches we play."
 
At the No. 2 doubles position, junior Raksha Bode (Reunion, Fla./Florida Virtual School) and sophomore Lucia Seigford (Madrid, Spain/Mirasur) met Lehigh's Sibel Can and Grace Lin.  The Red Flash duo earned a 6-4 victory to improve to 1-1 this Spring.
 
Sophomore Laura Gutierrez (Bogota, Colombia/Cibercolegio UCN) and junior Stephanie Miller (Washington, D.C./St. John's College High School) competed against LU's Christina Auyeung and Casey Zhong.  In a tough set, Gutierrez and Miller fell 7-5 in their first match as a pair this season.
 
Lehigh won the match at No. 3 doubles by default due to no SFU player available.
 
Bode faced the Mountain Hawks' Lin at No. 3.  After dropping the opening set, 6-3, Bode bounced back for a 6-3 victory in the next set.  In the deciding set, Bode came out on top, 6-4, for her first win of the Spring.
 
Miller took on Lehigh's Paula Gonzalez at No. 4.  The Red Flash junior claimed the first set, 6-2, but fell 6-1 in the second set.  In the final set, Miller won 6-2 for her first dual match victory.
 
At No. 5, freshman Nastasia Tamarkin (Washington, D.C./School Without Walls) met LU's Briana Maravich.  The SFU freshman won the opening set, 6-4.  She clinched a straight-set victory with a 6-3 win in the next set.  Tamarkin improved to 2-2 this Spring.
 
In the match at No. 1 singles, Gutierrez competed against Lehigh's Christina Auyeung.  The Red Flash sophomore fell 6-1, 6-2.
 
Seigford battled the Mountain Hawks' Can at No. 2.  The SFU sophomore claimed the first set, 6-4.  In a tough second set, Seigford fell 7-6, including 7-5 in the tiebreaker.  In the deciding set, Seigford dropped a 6-3 set.  
 
The Mountain Hawks won the match at No. 6 singles by default due to no SFU player available.
 
The Red Flash returns to action next weekend with matches against Carnegie Mellon and Dayton.  Saint Francis will battle Carnegie Mellon, ranked 10th in the ITA Division III Poll, on Saturday at 2 p.m.  SFU then meets Dayton on Sunday at 1 p.m.  Both matches will be played at The Club Sport and Health in Monroeville.
 
Doubles:
1. Auyeung/Zhong(Lehigh) def. Gutierrez/Miller(SFU), 7-5.
2. Bode/Seigford(SFU) def. Can/Lin(Lehigh), 6-4.
3. Godau/Gonzalez(Lehigh) win by default (No SFU Player).
Order of Finish: 3,2,1
 
Singles:
1. Auyeung(Lehigh) def. Gutierrez(SFU), 6-1, 6-2.
2. Can(Lehigh) def. Seigford(SFU), 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3.
3. Bode(SFU) def. Lin(Lehigh), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
4. Miller(SFU) def. Gonzalez(Lehigh), 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
5. Tamarkin(SFU) def. Maravich(Lehigh), 6-4, 6-3.
6. Zhong(Lehigh) wins by default (No SFU Player).
Order of Finish: 6,1,4,3,2,5