QUEENS, N.Y. – Seeing match play for the first time since capturing the Skyline Conference Championship back in October, the Manhattanville University women's tennis team was defeated 9-0 by Pratt Institute on Saturday afternoon. The loss brings a close to the team's spring regular season schedule as the Valiants will carry an 8-4 overall record into the NCAA Tournament next month.
A short-handed Manhattanville squad defaulted to Pratt in No. 3 Doubles and No. 6 Singles, putting the Cannoneers in an early 2-0 advantage. Pratt emerged victorious in both doubles flights that were played, with Manhattanville's rookie tandem of
Suzi Doyle (Devon, England/Exeter College) and
Addison-Mercedes Ortiz (Bronx, N.Y./High School for Health Professions and Human Services) falling 3-8 to Pallavi Verghese and Beatrice Crespo in the No. 1 flight.
Bea Pretnar (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) and
Sara King (Schenectady, N.Y./Scotia-Glenville) battled hard against Srishti Agarwal and Ariana Castro in the No. 2 tilt, ultimately dropping the decision 7-8 (8-10).
The Cannoneers took all five singles flights that were played out to maintain their perfect 11-0 record. Pretnar fell to Verghese 1-8 in the show court, with Doyle suffering an identical result to Crespo in the No. 2 flight. Ortiz put up the strongest showing for the Valiants, dropping a 6-8 decision to Agarwal on Court No. 3. King was blanked 0-8 by Castro, while
Mikhalia Grant (Mount Vernon, N.Y./New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science II) rounded out play with a 0-6, 0-6 loss to Nastazja Cancellaro on Court No. 5.
Up Next
The Valiants turn their attention now to the NCAA Tournament which they secured a berth for following their Skyline Conference Championship Tournament run in October. The team will find out its first round opponent on the NCAA Tournament selection date on Apr. 29 and will return to action on May 3.
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