The Siena Women's Tennis team used a clutch final point in doubles play to take their opening head-to-head match of the season with a 4-3 victory over the University of California-Irvine on Saturday afternoon.

In doubles play, Siena took courts 1 and 3 to take a 1-0 lead into singles play. It would be wins from the pairings of Megan Brown and Kylie Mullaney, along with Anessa Leyva and Anne Phillips who helped clinch the all-important fourth point of the match.

In singles, Siena kept it going with Brown taking a point for the Saints second point of the day. Then Leyva and Juliana Goehner grabbed straight set wins on courts 6 and 5 to go up 4-0 before UC Irvine would take the next three points.  Leyva's win would be the clinching point, as she would take a 6-4, 6-1 win.

"Today was a good start to our dual match schedule," said head coach Jeff Osborn. "I believe winning the doubles point was crucial to winning the match today, as it was a good win against a strong UC Irvine team. Today's match will help us get ready for some tough matches ahead."

The Saints return to the court tomorrow, October 7 when they travel to Rider for their first MAAC matchup of the year. Matches kick off at 1 p.m.

Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3,2,1
Single: 1,6,5,3,4,2

Women's Doubles
Brown/Mullaney def. Nguyen/Chen (6-3)
Garrido/Parker def. Spicer/Perkins (6-3)
Leyva/Phillips def. Pavani/Carter (6-3)

Women's Singles
Brown def. Nguyen 1-0 (retired to injury)
Chen def. Mullaney (6-4, 3-6 (1))
Garrido def. Spicer (6-1, 6-2)
Parker def. Perkins (6-3, 6-1)
Leyva def. Pavani (6-4, 6-1)
Goehner def. Mansonhing (6-1, 6-2)