KUTZTOWN, Pa. -- The Kutztown University women's tennis team was bested by an 11-win Post team, 7-0, in its spring home opener on Monday afternoon at the Keystone Courts.

Every match was competitive, but points ultimately eluded the Golden Bears (2-6). KU's first doubles team of Yasmeen Malik (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) and Alicia Pursell (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg), and its third doubles team of Jillian Siefert (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) and Ashley Carter (Eynon, Pa./Valley View) fell by matching 6-4 scores.

Catherine Maher (Shillington, Pa./Berks Catholic) and Sarah Grebosky (Reisterstown, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) won three games in a 6-3 defeat at second doubles.

Though the Eagles (11-6) swept singles, Kutztown hung tough. No. 5 Elyssa Tomczyk (Plainville, Conn./Plainville) forced a first-set tiebreaker in a 7-6 (2), 6-2 loss to Sarah Namazi, while Pursell won eight games in dropping a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Dea Lako at No. 2.

No. 3 Maher took seven games off Juliana Seabra in a 6-4, 6-3 defeat.

The Golden Bears will travel to USciences in Philadelphia on Thursday for a non-conference match at 2:30 p.m., before heading to West Chester to open PSAC East play on Saturday.

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Post 7, Kutztown 0
March 25, 2019 at Kutztown, Pa. (Keystone Courts)
 

Singles

1. Andrea Sandoval (POST) def. Yasmeen Malik (KUTZ) 6-3, 6-1

2. Dea Lako (POST) def. Alicia Pursell (KUTZ) 6-4, 6-4

3. Juliana Seabra (POST) def. Catherine Maher (KUTZ) 6-4, 6-3

4. Macha Mourier (POST) def. Sarah Grebosky (KUTZ) 6-4, 6-0

5. Sarah Namazi (POST) def. Elyssa Tomczyk (KUTZ) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2

6. Jessica Bergen (POST) def. Jillian Siefert (KUTZ) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

1. Andrea Sandoval/Dea Lako (POST) def. Yasmeen Malik/Alicia Pursell (KUTZ) 6-4

2. Juliana Seabra/Macha Mourier (POST) def. Catherine Maher/Sarah Grebosky (KUTZ) 6-3

3. Sarah Namazi/Jessica Bergen (POST) def. Jillian Siefert/Ashley Carter (KUTZ) 6-4

Match Notes

Post 11-6

Kutztown 2-6

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,2,3,4,6,5)

Official: None T-3:15 A-30