MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Freshman Romy Leussink picked up her third Singles win in her last four Singles matches played, but Post University Women's Tennis would be unable to overcome one-loss Southern New Hampshire University on Thursday afternoon in their road matchup, falling 6-1 overall and dropping to 2-8 on the season. 

THE BASICS

Post University 1, Southern New Hampshire University 6

Post University (2-8)

Southern New Hampshire University (7-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Eagles would drop two of the three Doubles matches starting with a new #2 Doubles duo for today in junior Gioia Turco and freshman Melanie Leussink who fell 6-1 against freshman Lois Tsui and sophomore Justina Haver followed by a #1 Doubles win for graduate student Zuza Krygier and sophomore Dajana Abadzic, 6-2, over senior Megan Lombardt and freshman Julie Merlin. Senior Nina Langenfeld and freshman Annelein Van Urk would get one Doubles match for Post in the #3 Doubles, taking down senior Katelyn Nichols and sophomore Nadya Lyekontseva, 6-3, to round out the first portion of the match.

Across the Singles matches, Romy Leussink would take the only match of the day for Post in the #6 Singles against Nichols, taking the first set, 7-6, with an 8-6 tiebreaker victory before winning set two, 6-3. In the #3 through #5 Singles, Langenfeld, Van Urk, and Melanie Leussink would all be swept, 6-0, in their first sets before Langenfeld fell against Tsui, 7-6, on a 7-4 tiebreaker in the #3 Singles while Van Urk lost set two, 6-4, in the #4 Singles against Krygier, and Melanie Leussink lost 6-1 against Kyekontseva in the #5 Singles.

In the top two matches of the day, Lombardt would drop the #1 Singles against Haver, 6-1 and 6-2, while Merlin in the #2 Singles fell to Abadzic, 6-2 and 7-5, closing out the 6-1 loss for the Eagles at the hands of the Penmen. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• After dropping her first-ever Singles match, Romy Leussink has won three of her last four Singles matches including today in her two-set victory over Katelyn Nichols
• Post University falls to 0-8 on the season when they lose the Doubles point of a match – The Eagles are 2-0 when winning the Doubles point
• Zuanna Krygier is now a perfect 8-0 this year in Singles matches for Southern New Hampshire University with her #4 Singles win over Annelein Van Urk today
• Post University is now 2-6 all-time against Southern New Hampshire University since they first faced each other back during the 2013-14 season 

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University jumps back into conference play with a weekend match against Jefferson University on the road at 1:00 PM this Saturday. When the two teams met back on September 17th at the Edgewood Bath and Tennis Club, the Rams won their lone conference match so far this season, 6-1, over the Eagles.