Flash Points:
- SFU Women's Tennis opens the NEC Tournament on Friday against Mount St. Mary's.
- The Red Flash, the No. 3 seed, meets the No. 6 seed Mount at 11:30 a.m.
- Saint Francis is 5-11 on the season, including a win over Mount St. Mary's on April 7.
NEC Championship Central | Women's NEC Bracket
LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis Women's Tennis team begins NEC Tournament play on Friday at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J. The Red Flash, the No. 3 seed, meets No. 6 seed Mount St. Mary's on Friday at approximately 11:30 a.m.
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach
Rob Castille, is 5-11 overall and finished the regular season with a 3-1 record in NEC play. Last weekend, Saint Francis defeated St. Bonaventure, 6-1, but fell 7-0 at Duquesne. The Red Flash earned a 5-2 win over Mount St. Mary's on April 7.
In the win over St. Bonaventure, the Red Flash won all five singles and both doubles matches it played.
Freshman
Nastasia Tamarkin (Washington, D.C./School Without Walls) leads the team with a 10-5 record this Spring, playing her last seven matches at No. 4. Junior
Stephanie Miller (Washington, D.C./St. John's College High School) is 9-6 in dual matches, including a 4-3 record at No. 5.
Junior
Raksha Bode (Reunion, Fla./Florida Virtual School) owns seven wins at No. 3, while sophomore
Lucia Seigford (Madrid, Spain/Mirasur) has five wins at No. 1 and sophomore
Laura Gutierrez (Bogota, Colombia/Cibercolegio UCN) has five victories at No. 2.
Gutierrez and Tamarkin are 8-7 in doubles, playing all of their matches at the top doubles spot. Bode and Seigford own a 6-3 record at No. 2.
Mount St. Mary's, coached by Samantha Pinchoff, is 4-15 overall and has a 2-3 record in NEC matches. Last week, the Mount defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 4-3, but fell 5-2 against Bucknell and 7-0 at Delaware.
Alexa Quintanilla has six wins this season at No. 1 singles, while Hannah Davis owns six wins at No. 2 and Megan Smith has five wins this Spring. Davis and Quintanilla are 8-11 at the top doubles position.
