Box Score Siena Women's Tennis got off to a slow start before falling at Bucknell 5-2 in Hersey, PA in a match that went late Friday night and into early Saturday morning.    

Despite losing the first four matches, the Saints (3-6) showed resolve and earned a pair of hard-fought victories from junior Alexa Wilson and freshman Madeline De Faber-Schumacher.

Wilson defeated Anna Lajos 7-6 (5), 6-4 at #2 singles while De Faber-Schumacher dug deep for a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 10-5 comeback win from the #6 singles position. 

Senior Maanya Viswanath opened strong with a 6-0 win the first set, however dropped a third set tie-breaker to Kate Nova at the No. 5 singles position.

The Bison (6-6) have now won four in a row.

Next up, Siena takes on Lehigh (2-3) in nonconference action for a quick turnaround on Saturday at 5 p.m.

FULL RESULTS

Doubles
King/Platt (B) def. Brown/Wilson (SC) 6-3
Miller/Lajos (B) def. Mullaney/Viswanath (SC) 6-1
Sebulsky/Marcus (B) def. Boggiali/Giralt (SC) 6-1

Singles
King (B) def. Brown (SC) 7-5, 6-3
Wilson (SC) def. Lajos (B) 7-6 (5), 6-4
Miller (B) def. Boggiali (SC) 6-4, 6-4
Platt (B) def. Mullaney (SC) 6-1, 6-0
Novak (B) def. Viswanath (SC) 0-6, 7-6 (4), 10-2
De Faber-Schumacher (SC) def. Manolov 4-6, 7-6 (6), 10-6