Pioneers Come Up Short Against Seton Hall

Sunday, January 30

West Point, N.Y.

3:00 PM

Sacred Heart

Seton Hall University

Pioneers Come Up Short Against Seton Hall

1/30/2022 7:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Sacred Heart splits the weekend at Army with 5-2 loss to Seton Hall

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Sacred Heart University women's tennis team lost a hard-fought battle against Seton Hall, 5-2, on Sunday as the Pioneers rounded out their weekend at Army West Point.

Sacred Heart splits the weekend and falls to 3-4 overall while Seton Hall picks up its first dual match victory of the season for a 1-1 record.

The two teams battled to score in doubles play to kick off the day. Katsiaryna Starastsenka and Ciara O'Toole fell in first doubles, 3-6, while Olivia Kharkover and Aina Garriga came out victorious in third doubles, 6-3. With the score knotted, Vitalina Golod and Flavia Rambaldi forced a tiebreaker in second doubles but weren't able to outlast the Pirates and fell, 6-7(4).

The Pioneers grabbed two wins in singles action thanks to O'Toole and Golod. O'Toole took the first set with a convincing 6-2 score but fell, 0-6, as Aina Plana Ventosa forced a third set. The junior from Dublin, Ireland bounced back, 6-3, for the win in the second spot, while Golod won in straight sets in fourth singles. In fifth singles, Rambaldi refused to go down without a fight. The sophomore won the tiebreaker in the first set before falling in the second-set tiebreaker which forced a third set. Rambaldi was unable to close out the match as she fell, 4-10, in set three.

The Red & White is back on the courts on Saturday, February 5 at Harvard at 1:30 p.m.

Singles Competition
1. Arina Gumerova (Seton Hall) def. Katsiaryna Starastsenka (SHU) - 6-1, 6-4
2. Ciara O'Toole (SHU) def. Aina Plana Ventosa (Seton Hall) - 6-2, 0-6, 6-3
3. Arabella Moen (Seton Hall) def. Aina Garriga (SHU) - 6-4, 6-3
4. Vitalina Golod (SHU) def. Hili Kronzon (Seton Hall) - 6-4, 6-1
5. Oliwia Kempinski (Seton Hall) def. Flavia Rambaldi (SHU) - 7(4)-6, 6-7(4), 10-4
6. Emily O'Donovan (Seton Hall) def. Kim Fenton (SHU) - 6-4, 6-3

Double Competition
1. Arina Gumerova/Arabella Moen (Seton Hall) def. Katsiaryna Starastsenka/Ciara O'Toole (SHU) - 6-3
2. Aina Plana Ventosa/Hili Kronzon (Seton Hall) def. Vitalina Golod/Flavia Rambaldi (SHU) - 7(4)-6
3. Aina Garriga/Olivia Kharkover (SHU) def. Oliwia Kempinski/Emily O'Donovan (Seton Hall) - 6-3