The Siena Women's Tennis team ran into a hot Sacred Heart team on Saturday night, dropping its match 5-2 at the Tennis Club of Trumbull in Fairfield, CT.
 
Saints No. 2 singles player Laia Giralt did go over the .500 mark for the season in singles play, however, as the junior Spaniard improved to 7-6 on the season by defeating Ukrainian graduate student Vitalina Golod 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. 
 
The other win for Siena came from the singles No. 6 position as last year's All-MAAC First Team selection Madeline De Faber-Schumacher earned her first singles win of the season by outlasting junior Indian Renee Sharma 7-6 (5), 6-3.
 
"It was a tough match against a very experienced team," said Siena women's tennis head coach John Chiaramonte.
 
"It was great match for Laia [Giralt] coming back from a break down in the third set to win her match." 
 
The Pioneers improved to 8-1. 
 
Next up, the Saints (1-5) will host Bucknell (4-6) next Sunday, March 3 at Tri-City Fitness at 2 p.m.
 
DOUBLES
#1 Starastsenka/Fenton (SH) def. Zaara Omar/Alexa Wilson (SC) 6-3
#2 Golod/Rambaldi (SH) def. Laia Giralt/Manuela Gomez (SC) 6-2
#3 Shelby Madeiros/Emma Boggiali (SC) vs. Kharkover/Garriga (SH) 5-4, dnf
 
SINGLES
#1 Starastsenka (SH) def. Wilson (SC) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Giralt (SC) def. Golod (SH) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
#3 Rambaldi (SH) def. Boggiali (SC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
#4 Garriga (SH) def. Omar (SC) 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1
#5 Cherlever (SH) def. Gomez (SC) 6-2, 6-2
#6 De Faber-Schumacher (SC) def. Sharma (SH) 7-6 (5), 6-3