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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | David Halstead

Red Flash fall to Sacred Heart in NEC finale, 4-3

New Haven, Conn. – Saint Francis women's tennis (3-15, 2-2 NEC) dropped a hard fought 4-3 decision to Sacred Heart (7-13, 2-2 NEC) in the Red Flash's NEC finale on Saturday at the Yale Tennis Courts.

SFU picked up singles wins from Laura Gutierrez (Bogota, Colombia/Cibercolegio UCN), Lucia Seigford (Madrid, Spain/Mirasur) and Stephanie Miller (Washington, D.C./St. John's College High School). The No. 1 doubles team of Seigford and Raksha Bode (Reunion, Fla./Florida Virtual School) also secured a victory for the Red Flash.

In No. 1 singles, Gutierrez knocked off Olivia Podsiebierski, 6-4, 7-5. Seigford defeated Brianne Lauria at the No. 2 singles position, 6-4, 6-4. The Pioneers' Keira Tobia won at No. 3 over Bode, 7-5, 7-5.

Miller recorded her fifth-straight singles win for the Red Flash in a 6-0, 6-3 triumph at No. 4 over Lauren Santarsiero. In No. 5 singles, SFU's Romina Cutipa (Huancayo, Peru/San Juan Bosco) fell to Sabrina Navarro, 6-0, 6-1. Sacred Heart won at No. 6 by default.

In doubles action, Seigford and Bode knocked off Lauria and Santarsiero, 6-4. The Pioneers' Podsiebierski and Navarro topped Gutierrez and Miller at No. 2 doubles, 6-4. SHU secured the doubles point with a victory at No. 3 by default.

Saint Francis closes out the regular season on Sunday, April 7 in a match at Quinnipiac at 1 p.m.
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