MANCHESTER, Conn. — The Hartford women's tennis team celebrated Senior Day with a 5-2 victory over Thomas College on Sunday, October 18th, as they honored three different Hawks graduate student
Lora Acquario (East Nassau, N.Y.), senior
Anna Long (Amherst, Mass.), and graduate student
Lia Gosselin (South Bend, Ind.). Junior
Victalia Z. Deida (New Haven, Conn.) clinched the victory for Hartford with her singles win.
Rapid Recap:
- Hartford opened play by winning two of three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Gosselin and Deida teamed up for a 6-3 victory over Lily Daigle and Taylor Juhase to get the Hawks going in doubles. Acquario and junior Natalie Lamb (Glastonbury, Conn.) also earned a 6-3 win over Kayla Bailey and Tracy Lopez. Freshman Isabelle Simino (Franklin, Mass.) and sophomore Maddie Pearlman (New Hampton, N.Y.) fell to Sarah Mack and Gigi Bhagat, 6-4, in a hard fought match.
- In singles play, the Hawks earned three victories to secure the team win. Gosselin opened singles action with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory over Juhase. Simino continued her strong play this season with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Daigle, while Deida delivered the decisive point in singles, defeating Mack, 6-0, 7-6, to clinch the match for Hartford.
- Lamb added another strong performance battling all the way back to defeat Lopez, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 in a tiebreaker set. Pearlman fell to Bhagat, 6-4, 7-5, while Acquario dropped a 6-3, 7-5 decision to Bailey in the final match up of the day. With the win, Hartford improves to 4-7 on the season, while Thomas falls to 7-7. The Hawks celebrated Acquario, Long, and Gosselin for all of their contributions to the program as part of Senior Day.
Post Match Press:
"I'm so thankful to have been welcomed into the team and to be granted the opportunity to play tennis for Hartford," says Gosselin. "I've gotten close with my teammates the past few months and I'm so honored to be able to compete alongside them, especially when we can get wins like this one. This is something I thought I'd never get the chance to do, so I've been enjoying every minute being on this team!"
Up Next:
Hartford returns home for their final home match of the season on Wednesday, October 21st, hosting Conference of New England opponent Nichols College.
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