PHILADELPHIA –
Fabiana Tort-Umpierre rallied from a set down in the clinching match as the Saint Joseph's women's tennis team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to top Delaware State, 4-3, at the Legacy Indoor Tennis Center on Saturday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Delaware State (1-4-1) took the early lead via a three-match sweep of the doubles point.
• Saint Joseph's (2-1) drew level after
Stow Weiss dropped just two games en route to a 6-2, 6-0 win in the top singles flight, but the Hornets stung the Hawks with straight-sets wins in the second and third flights to move to the brink of the overall victory.
• The Hawks clawed back into the match after
Emily Elliott rolled to a dominant 6-2, 6-0 win in the sixth flight;
Sophia Amato sealed a 6-2, 7-5 win in the fifth to tie the match at three apiece.
• Tort-Umpierre dropped the first set of her fourth-flight match before rallying to claim the second and force a decisive third set. The final match remaining on court provided consistent drama, with each player breaking the other's serve in a back-and-forth set, but it would be Tort-Umpierre who broke Klaudija Lisovska at 5-5 before serving out the match for a 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 triumph.
HAWK TALK
"When we can pull out a win at this stage of the season against a team that is more match-fit and on paper should beat us, and after being swept in the doubles, then all I can say is, 'wow, what a match,'" head coach
Ian Crookenden said. "A great singles display from seniors
Stow Weiss,
Sophia Amato, and
Emily Elliott, and a fantastic three-set win by junior
Fabiana Tort-Umpierre after an opening-set loss. This squad has heart and grit and I couldn't be more proud of their fight."
UP NEXT
The Hawks will take on Mount St. Mary's at Legacy on February 25.
RESULTS
Saint Joseph's 4, Delaware State 3
Doubles
1. Daria Jula / Klaudija Lisovska (DSU) def.
Anna Kirk /
Stow Weiss (SJU), 6-2
2. Kit Yi Kaye Au-Yeung / Eva Golembiovsky (DSU) def.
Ana Ocasio /
Kirsten Wijnsema (SJU), 6-0
3. Baluck Deang / Noelani Lui (DSU) def.
Ireland Amato /
Sophia Amato (SJU), 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
1. Weiss (SJU) def. Au-Yeung (DSU), 6-2, 6-0
2. Lui (DSU) def.
Charlotte Kordonowy (SJU), 6-1, 6-3
3. Jula (DSU) def. Kirk (SJU), 6-4, 6-2
4.
Fabiana Tort-Umpierre (SJU) def. Lisovksa (DSU), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
5. S. Amato (SJU) def. Golembiovsky (DSU), 6-2, 7-5
6.
Emily Elliott (SJU) def. Deang (DSU), 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 4
Game Scores
Singles: Saint Joseph's 62, Delaware State 50
Doubles: Delaware State 18, Saint Joseph's 5
Total: Delaware State 68, Saint Joseph's 67
