PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Returning to conference play after a brief non-conference matchup against Franklin Pierce University the other day, Post University Women's Tennis hit the road to face Chestnut Hill College on Saturday for their second of three matches in four days. For the second straight match, the Eagles would fall by a 7-0 score, falling to 0-5 on the season while preparing to right the ship tomorrow against Molloy University back at home.

THE BASICS

Post University 0, Chestnut Hill College 7

Post University (0-5, 0-2 CACC)

Chestnut Hill College (3-2, 3-1 CACC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
All three Doubles went the way of the Griffins with seniors Nina Langenfeld and Megan Lombardt falling by a score of 6-2 in the #1 Doubles to sophomore Lilian Bandel and graduate student Alison Issac. The freshmen duos of Melanie Leussink and Annelein Van Urk as well as Julie Merlin and Gioia Turco both fell in their respective matches, 6-1 and 7-5.

In the #2 Doubles, it was junior Claudia Rasilla and senior Romi Meirovich with the victory while the #3 Doubles was secured by freshman Annabel Snow and senior Anisha Reddy Thada to give Chestnut Hill the Doubles point.

All six Singles would end in two sets as Melanie Leussink fell first in the #5 Singles to Rasilla, 6-2 and 6-0, followed by Van Urk dropping the #3 Singles to Meirovich, 6-4 and 6-1. Those two matches would finish just before Turco fell as well in the #6 Singles to Reddy Thada, 6-0 and 6-4.

The other three Singles, all of which went the way of the Griffins, were won by Bandel in the #2 Singles, 6-4 and 6-2 over Merlin, Snow over Langenfeld in the #4 Singles, 6-3 and 6-4, then closed out by the #1 Singles in which Issac beat Lombardt, 6-1 and 7-5, to wrap up the 7-0 sweep.

BY THE NUMBERS

• For Nina Langenfeld, this was her first Singles match that did not go three sets this season after she fell in two sets, 6-3 and 6-4
• Post University starts 0-5 on the season for the first time since the 2014-15 campaign in which they dropped their first 10 matches in a 1-11 campaign
• In Singles play dating back to last season, Megan Lombardt has lost 15 consecutive matches – Lombardt's last Singles win came against Molloy University last September
• Post University falls to 5-14 all-time against Chestnut Hill College, dropping five of the last seven matches the two teams have played

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University gets right back to it tomorrow afternoon back at home against Molloy University at Edgewood Bath and Tennis Club with the match kicking off at 1:00 PM. The Eagles have won the last four matchups with the Lions dating back to the 2015-16 season and are 4-1 all-time with the one loss coming during their first matchup in the 2007-2008 season.