BY: SAMUEL CAROZZA; STAFF WRITER
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com
St. Bonaventure’s tennis teams opened Atlantic 10 play this weekend against the St. Joseph’s Hawks and Dayton Flyers, losing both bouts.
On Friday, the men’s and women’s tennis teams faced St. Joseph’s University, looking to secure their first win of the season. The men’s team failed to secure a point in any of the sets, losing 7-0. While the women managed to secure two matches but failed to
Both sets were close in the men’s No. 1 doubles, but the match went unfinished due to time limits. Juniors Conner Turner, No. 1 single, and Anargha Ganguly, No. 2 single, both went to the third set in their matches, but both lost the third sets and their matches.
The women’s No. 1 doubles, consisting of junior Isabella Venter and sophomore Cirkeline Lundberg, were the only doubles team to secure points for the Bonnies, winning the first set 6-4.
Venter was also the only single to win on Friday, securing a two-set sweep of her opponent in the No. 1 singles match. Junior Tamara Bachmann narrowly lost her No. 4 singles match, going to a third set which ended 7-6.
On Sunday, Bonaventure hosted the Dayton Flyers for the second league meet of the season.
Both the men’s and women’s teams lost 4-0 to Dayton in a clean sweep for the Flyers.
The No. 1 doubles match for the men finished 6-3 in the Flyer’s favor, while the No. 2 doubles went unfinished, and the No. 3 doubles ended in a win by walkover for the Flyers. Not a lot of tennis was finished on Sunday from time constraints, and only the No. 1 and No. 4 singles matches had a final score, while the No. 6 and No. 3 singles matches were walkovers for Dayton, and the rest were ruled unfinished from time constraints.
The women’s side had similar outcomes against the Flyers. The No. 1 doubles went unfinished, while the No. 2 doubles were a 6-4 win for Dayton, and the No. 3 doubles were ruled a walkover for the Flyers.
Three of the women’s singles went unfinished, with only the No. 3 and No. 5 singles ruling a final score for Dayton. Singles No. 6 was ruled a walkover for the Flyers, and the rest of the matches went unfinished from time limits.
The Bonnies are back in action against Duquesne on April 5, hoping to bounce back and get their first league win this season.
