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M/W Tennis vs. West Alabama 3/26/23
2
West Alabama UWAW (16-1)
4
Winner Lynn LYNNW (12-3)
West Alabama UWAW
(16-1)
2
Final
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Lynn LYNNW
(12-3)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women hand No. 4 West Alabama first loss

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The 13th-ranked Lynn University women's tennis team rallied to defeat No. 4 West Alabama, 4-2, Sunday at the Perper Tennis Complex. The Fighting Knights improve to 12-3 this season and the loss is the first for the Tigers as they settle at 16-1. 
 
Match Scoresheet 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 
- West Alabama opened with a quick 1-0 lead after winning both the first and second doubles flights 
- Senior Giorgia Pigato and junior Barbora Cibakova won the third flight, 6-2, over Heden Ly and Hardija Vidnere 
- The Fighting Knights rallied for the win by winning the first, second, fourth and sixth singles flights 
- Freshman Salma Djoubri earned the win at No. 1 singles over No. 38 ranked Haina Franco, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 
- Djoubri, ranked 25th in the nation, is now 11-2 this season in singles action 
- Greta Schieroni defeated No. 68 ranked Yurie Takanishi in the second singles flight with a 1-6, 6-0, 6-3, come-from-behind win 
- She is now 8-2 in singles, including a 5-2 mark at No. 2 
- Pigato and Cibakova closed out the match with wins in the fourth and sixth flights 
- Pigato took down Vidnere at No. 4, 6-1, 6-3, while Cibakova beat Irawan Deewajee at No. 6, 6-4, 6-0 
- Pigato is 9-3 in singles, while Cibakova is 2-0 
 
UP NEXT: 
- The Lynn women host Drexel on Wednesday at 11:00 am 
 
 
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