Annapolis, Md. – Saint Francis women's tennis opened the season with road defeats at Towson and Navy. The Red Flash fell to the Tigers 4-3 on Friday evening before dropping a 7-0 decision to the Midshipmen on Saturday morning.

SFU's season-opening effort was spearheaded by strong performances from seniors Laura Gutierrez (Bogota, Colombia/Cibercolegio UCN) and Lucia Seigford (Madrid, Spain/Mirasur). Gutierrez won her match at No. 1 singles over Towson's Alexa Martinez, 5-7, 6-4, 10-3. Seigford took No. 2 singles in a 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 victory over Amelia Lawson.

Camryn Rossa (Charleston, SC/Oceanside Collegiate) won her debut match for the Red Flash at No. 5 singles in straight sets over Towson's Jessica Assenmacher, 6-3, 6-0. Anouk Ma-Ajong (Paramaribo, Suriname/Sagemont) fell in No. 3 singles to Themis Haliou, 7-6, 6-4. Romina Cutipa (Huancayo, Peru/San Juan Bosco) dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to the Tigers' Phoebe Collins at No. 4. Towson won at No. 6 by default.

In doubles, Gutierrez and Ma-Ajong fell at No. 1 to Collins and Haliou, 6-3. Martinez and Lawson were winning 5-3 at No. 2 doubles over Seigford and Cutipa when the overall match was decided. The Tigers secured No. 3 doubles by default.

Navy won convincingly in straight sets in singles and doubles to pick up the win over the Red Flash. Full results from the match can be found here.