LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Siena women's tennis team will take part in their fifth consecutive MAAC Tournament beginning on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., as the No. 3 Saints will take on the No. 2 seeded Fairfield Stags at the Mercer County Park Tennis Center in Princeton, New Jersey.
The winner of Saturday's match will face the winner of with either the No. 1 seed Quinnipiac or No. 4 seed Niagara in the MAAC Championship match on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Social media updates will be provided throughout the day from the @SienaSaints twitter account. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACTennis. Find other content pre and post-match as well on the Siena Women's Tennis Instagram account and Facebook page.
The Saints fell to the Stags earlier this season by a final score of 5-2. The Saints struggled early, falling on all three courts in doubles play to fall into an early 1-0 deficit. As singles play started, junior
Meagan Brown got the Saints on the board with a win at #1 singles. She would win in straight sets by a final of 7-5, 6-0. Freshman
Emma Boggiali would also take a win 6-2, 6-3 at #5 singles.
The Siena women's tennis team earned five different awards on Friday morning, as the Green and Gold saw four of their athletes represented. Siena would have
Meagan Brown,
Kylie Mullaney, and
Emma Boggiali represented in singles, while those three along with sophomore Mannya Viswanath would win doubles awards.
Brown would bring home All-MAAC Second Team Singles #1 honors, while Mullaney joined her on the Second Team at #2 Singles. Boggiali would also be named to the All-MAAC Second Team as well at #5 Singles. In doubles, Brown and Mullaney were named All-MAAC Second Team at #1 Singles, while Boggiali and Viswanath earned All-MAAC Second Team #3 Doubles. Brown and Boggiali would tie for most singles wins this season with five each.
Siena also had five named to All-Academic teams, as Brown, Mullaney, and Viswanath earned honors as well as
Anastasia Koniaev and
Petra Miszczak.