Bryant falls to UMass, Sacred Heart

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Bryant University women's tennis team dropped a pair of tight matches over the weekend, falling to UMass and Sacred Heart.

Bryant fell 4-3 to UMass on Saturday before dropping a 4-3 decision to SHU on Sunday.

How it Happened (UMass)

• Bryant won the doubles point against UMass. Manuela Gomez Estrada and Camila Baeza earned a 6-3 victory at No. 1, while a win by default at No. 3 clinched the point.
• In singles, the Minutewomen closed it out with victories at the top four spots. 
• Olivia Rondini battled at No. 4 singles, the spot that eventually determined the match. Rondini won the second set 7-5 to force a third but came up short, 6-1.

How it Happened (Sacred Heart)

• Bryant won at No. 3 doubles but the Pioneers claimed the point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2.
• Bryant evened it up with a victory from Natalia Vela at No. 2.
• Vela won 7-6 in the first set and then closed it out with a 6-0 win.
• Rondini dropped her second set in a 12-10 tiebreak but rebounded to win 6-1 in the third set to make it 2-3.
• Camila Baeza then tied the match at 3-3 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 6.
• Lisa Marie Dugec, playing at No. 5, won the first set in a tiebreak but Flavia Rambaldi bounced back to win the next two sets and clinch the match.

Results (UMass)

Doubles

Doubles
1. Gomez-Estrada/Baeza (Bryant) def. Krasakova/Senli (UM) 3-6
2. Hack/Napadiy (UM) def. Rondini/Munson (Bryant) 6-0
3. Bryant def. (UM) by default

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. Hack (UM) def. Hickey (Bryant) 6-0, 6-1
2. Senli (UM) def. Vela (Bryant) 6-0, 7-6
3. Krasakova (UM) def. Munson (Bryant) 6-0, 6-0
4. Napadiy (UM) def. Rondini (Bryant) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
5. Bryant def. (UM) by default
6. Bryant def. (UM) by default

Order of Finish: 5, 6, 3, 1, 2, 4

Results (Sacred Heart)

Doubles

Doubles

1. Vitalina Golod/Kim Fenton (SHU) def. Manuela Gomez Estrada/Camila Baeza (BU) 6-1
2. Katsiaryna Starastsenka/Flavia Rambaldi (SHU) def. Olivia Rondini/Caitlyn Munson (BU) 7-5
3. Sarah Hickey/Natalia Vela (BU) def. Aina Garriga/Ciara O'Toole (SHU) 6-2
   EXH - Hannah O'Brien/Bella Tan win 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
 
Singles

1. Katsiaryna Starastsenka (SHU) def. Sarah Hickey (BU) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
2. Natalia Vela (BU) def. Vitalina Golod (SHU) 7-6, 6-0 (4)
3. Olivia Kharkover (SHU) def. Caitlyn Munson (BU) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
4. Olivia Rondini (BU) def. Aina Garriga (SHU) 7-5, 6-7 (10), 6-1
5. Flavia Rambaldi (SHU) def. Lisa Marie Dugec (BU) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1
6. Camila Baeza (BU) def. Ana Sofia Angeles Sanchez (SHU) 6-3, 6-1

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1, 4, 6, 5

Up Next
The Bulldogs are back home this weekend as they host Stony Brook (Mar. 3) and Fairfield (Mar. 5) at Fore Court in Cumberland.