HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Saint Francis University men's and women's tennis teams both kicked off their spring break schedules with wins their matches against North Carolina WesleyanÂ
Women's: Saint Francis 5, North Carolina Wesleyan 2. Â
DoublesÂ
The Red Flash earned the doubles point with wins from the No. 1 and No. 3 positions respectively. Reagen Mangan and Sara Jankovic won their fourth consecutive match as a pair with a 6-2 win from the No. 1 spotÂ
Nagisa Miyake and Mallory Thomas won their match from the No. 3 slot by a score of 6-3, marking the pair's second win in as many tries.Â
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SinglesÂ
Saint Francis secured the win with victories from Mangan, Jankovic, Miyake and Thomas from the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 positions respectively.Â
Mangan's 6-3, 6-1 win marks her fifth in a row and improves her singles record to 10-6 on the season.Â
Miyake's 6-1, 6-1 win marks her fifth win in a row as well, and Mallory Thomas has now won her last three matches.Â
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Men's: Saint Francis 4, North Carolina Wesleyan 3. Â
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DoublesÂ
The Red Flash dropped all three doubles matches to the Battling Barons.Â
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SinglesÂ
Singles wins from Marc Fuste, Alan Gonzalez, Kevin Kruzel and Matt Kozar saw the Red Flash earn their fourth victory of the season. Â
Gonzalez's 2-6, 6-2, 11-9 win in the No. 2 slot saw him win his fourth singles match in a row and improve his singles record to 13-5 on the year. Â
The match was a close one, and saw Saint Francis come out on top after Kozar battled back from a set down to win a match tiebreaker in the No. 6 position. Â
Five out of the six singles matches were decided in match tiebreakers.Â
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Both Red Flash squads will play Barton College on Mar. 6.Â