Saint Francis unable to overcome Duquesne in 5-2 defeat

BOX SCORE Pittsburgh, Pa. – Saint Francis women's tennis (1-3) fell to Duquesne (1-0) in a 5-2 decision on Sunday at the Alpha Tennis Center. The Red Flash's two seniors Raksha Bode (Reunion, Fla./Florida Virtual School) and Stephanie Miller (Washington, D.C./St. John's College High School) picked up wins in singles to pace SFU.

"It was great to have our two seniors playing Duquesne for their final time pull out hard-fought wins," Interim Head Coach Lisa Swope said.

In No. 3 singles, Bode defeated Duquesne's Priyanka Mitta, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0. Miller knocked off the Dukes' Miranda Bishard at No. 4 singles, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1.

Duquesne's Laurel Shymansky won at No. 1 singles over Lucia Seigford (Madrid, Spain/Mirasur), 6-0, 6-2. Aishwarya Kona took the No. 2 singles match for the Dukes over Laura Gutierrez (Bogota, Colombia/Cibercolegio UCN), 7-5, 3-6, 11-9. In No. 5 singles, Duquesne's Meredith Lee defeated Romina Cutipa (Huancayo, Peru/San Juan Bosco) 6-4, 6-2. The Dukes won at No. 6 singles by default.

In No. 1 doubles, Duquesne's Julianne Herman and Laurel Shymansky knocked off Bode and Seigford, 6-1. Lee and Mitta defeated Gutierrez and Cutipa at No. 2 doubles, 6-4 to capture the doubles point.

Saint Francis returns to action at Toledo on Friday, Feb. 1 at 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Raksha Bode: 5' 3"; Senior

Laura Gutierrez: 5' 6"; Junior

Stephanie Miller: 5' 6"; Senior

Lucia Seigford: 5' 2"; Junior

Romina Cutipa: 5' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Raksha Bode
: 5' 3"; Senior

Laura Gutierrez
: 5' 6"; Junior

Stephanie Miller
: 5' 6"; Senior

Lucia Seigford
: 5' 2"; Junior

Romina Cutipa
: 5' 4"; Freshman