CONCORD, N.H. -- After battling a trio of heavyweights from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, Post University Women's Tennis looked to get back in the win column on Sunday for the first time in four matches against Southern New Hampshire State University on the road. Despite winning their first doubles point in three matches, the Eagles would ultimately fall to the Penmen by a final score of 5-2.

THE BASICS
Post University 2, Southern New Hampshire University 5

Post University (5-5)

Southern New Hampshire University (4-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Head Coach Rob Howard would shake up the starting lineup for his team in the doubles, putting graduate student Annunciata De-Souza and junior Megan Lombardt together in the #1 Doubles for the first time this season, but the duo would fall 6-0 against sophomore Alina Kupfer and graduate student Verena Weindl. But the two new duos in the #2 and #3 Doubles consisting of junior Micaela Rosignuolo and sophomore Natalia Gonzalez Ramos as well as graduate student Julia D'Occhio and senior Oceane Mallevre respectively would take wins to give the Eagles that doubles point.

Defeating freshman Dajana Abadzic and senior Eleonora Guglielmetti, Rosignuolo and Gonzalez Ramos in a tiebreaker, 7-6 overall and 7-4 in the tiebreaker point while D'Occhio and Mallevre took their match 6-4 overall against freshman Nadia Alden and junior Katelyn Nichols. 

But the singles would be the difference maker as the Penmen got off to a strong start and never looked back to take the win. Dropping her first singles match of the season, De-Souza fell in straight sets to Kupfer, 6-3 and 6-4, in the #1 Singles before Rosignuolo lost in identical 6-3 sets to Weindl in the #2 Singles which gave Southern New Hampshire their first lead of the day in the overall team score. Freshman Nadya Lyekontseva continued the Penmen momentum with 6-3 and 7-5 set wins over Lombardt in the #4 Singles. 

Alden's win over D'Occhio in the #6 Singles which went three sets, 6-4, 3-6, and 6-2, would give the Penmen the team victory despite junior Nina Langenfeld winning shortly after in three sets over Guglielmetti, 2-6, 6-1, and 6-2 in the #5 Singles. Closing out the day was Mallevre in the #4 Singles against Abadzic, a match that would feature two sets of tiebreaker round in which both sides would each take a set with the difference being a 6-3 set two win for Abadzic. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Annunciata De-Souza saw her streak of winning 11 consecutive singles matches come to a close with her #1 Singles loss today, De-Souza remains undefeated in conference play at 5-0 
• Winning two of the three doubles matches, the Eagles snapped a stretch in which they lost nine consecutive doubles matches, and have now won the doubles point in seven of their 10 matches 
• This is the first time since the 2017-18 season in which Post University has lost four consecutive matches (10/1/17-10/7/17)
• Post University falls to 2-5 all-time against Southern New Hampshire, both teams have split the last four head-to-head matchups

WHO'S NEXT
Post University will try to get above .500 once more when they take on Goldey-Beacom College on Tuesday at 12:00 PM in a home match at the Edgewood Bath and Tennis Club in Middlebury, Connecticut. Although 3-16 all-time against the Lightning, the Eagles have won their last two matchups against Goldey-Beacom, includign a 5-2 win earlier this year in Wilmington, Delaware.