MIDDLEBURY, Conn. -- After rain postponed their opening match of the season against AIC on Monday, Post University Women's Tennis got their 2023 campaign underway on Tuesday at Edgewood Bath and Tennis in Middlebury against undefeated Assumption, in a tense match that saw the Eagles fall in a close battle, 4-3.  

THE BASICS
Post University 3, Assumption University 4

Post University (0-1)

Assumption University (4-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
In a trio of high stakes doubles matches where the team who takes two of the three matches earns a single point towards the team score, sophomore Natalia Gonzalez Ramos and graduate student Annunciata De-Souza teamed up in the #2 Doubles to take a 6-3 victory over freshman Caroline Mader and graduate student Caitlin Sze for the first win of the day for the Eagles.

While junior Nina Langenfeld and graduate student Julia D'Occhio fell 7-5 in the #3 Doubles after a come back from freshmen Carolina de Souza and Carola Schaudinn, sophomore Micaela Rosignuolo and junior Megan Lombardt took back momentum for Post with a tiebreaker win, 7-6, over freshmen Jill Schoenich and Jette Weigelt to give the Eagles the team point and a 1-0 lead heading into singles.

However, Assumption would take back control in the six singles matches. After De-Souza took down freshman Marie Knispel in a near double sweep, 6-0 and 6-1, the Greyhounds would take four of the remaining five doubles to take the 4-3 win. 

Senior Oceane Mallevre fell in two straight sets, 6-3, to freshman Beren Vapur in the #3 Singles while Langenfeld defeated Schoeneich, 6-4 and 6-3, to give the Eagles the lead, 3-1.

Assumption would rally with a #2 Singles win from Mader over Rosignuolo, 6-4 and 6-3, followed by Carolina de Souza against Gonzalez Ramos in the #5 Singles, 6-2, and 7-6 (7-0 tiebreaker win), and seal victory with freshman Danielle de Souza's 6-3 and 6-0 wins in the #6 Singles over Lombardt.


BY THE NUMBERS

• Annunciata De-Souza has now won five consecutive doubles matches and five consecutive singles matches dating back to last year 
• With her singles win, Nina Langenfeld snapped a four match losing streak in the singles from last season
• As a duo, Megan Lombardt and Micaela Rosignuolo have won four straight matches following the win today
• Post University is 1-1 all-time against Assumption, having beaten them last season, 7-0

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University will get right back to it in search of their first win of the season on Thursday afternoon at home against Bentley University at 3:00 PM. The two sides faced off last year in Waltham, Massachusetts in which the Eagles swept the Falcons, 7-0.