The Siena Women's Tennis team saw their season come to an end on Friday afternoon, as the MAAC Champions were downed by #11 Florida by a final of 4-0 at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Florida.
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Siena finishes their season 7-4, winning the program's second MAAC Championship in program history with their defeat over top-seeded Quinnipiac.
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The Green and Gold fell behind early, dropping the doubles point with losses on Court 1 and Court 2 by finals of 6-1 and 6-1. Junior
Meagan Brown and senior
Kylie Mullaney competed on Court 1 against the #7 ITA ranked doubles duo of McCartney Kessler and Merlee Zein, while it would be sophomore
Petra Miszczak and freshman
Emma Boggiali competing on Court #2 facing the #53 ranked doubles pair in Ida Jarlskog and Layne Sleeth. Court #3 featuring sophomore
Maanya Viswanath and junior
Anastasia Koniaev would go unfinished.
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In singles, Brown would match up with the ITA's #8 nationally ranked singles player in Florida's Kessler. Brown would compete, getting multiple points in a 6-1, 6-1 loss at #1 singles. On Court 2, Mullaney would be paired with Zein, who ranks 103 on the ITA rankings chart in singles. Mullaney would make the first set a 6-2 finish in a loss, while set two would go unfinished.
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On Court 3, Miszczak faced #79 ranked Ida Jarlskog in a 6-0, 6-0 final as they finished second to Brown's match at #1. Finishing third to clinch the match for Florida would be Court #6, where Koniaev fell to Sydney Berlin 6-1, 6-0.
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Going unfinished were Courts 4 and 5, with Viswanath and Boggiali. Viswanath squared off with No. 71 ranked Layne Sleeth in a 6-1, 4-1 unfinished match, while Boggiali would make moves and go unfinished in a 6-1, 5-2 score.
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All in all, the Saints collected 13 total games on the court between the doubles and singles competition.
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