Dallas, Pa. (April 11) – FDU-Florham Women's Tennis (1-10, 0-2 MAC Freedom) took on Misericordia (7-2, 3-1 MAC Freedom), and although they took their first match of the season, ultimately the Devils were defeated by a score 6-1.
 
FDU started off their matches with doubles. The Devils had Meliha Bektesevic (Wayne, NJ) and Paula Vanegas (Guttenberg, NJ) battle Loughlin and Barbour in Doubles #1, but fell by a score of 6-1. Lindsay Sperling (Whippany, NJ) and Giavana Caraccioli (Bound Brook, NJ) lost by the same score to Cridge and Thomas in Doubles #2. The last doubles match was played by Haidy Abdelmonem (Linden, NJ)  and Marilu Guzman (Newark, NJ) against Wallitsch and Stefanski, and was by a 6-0 score.

Match #1 of singles had Bektesevic battle Loughlin, and Bektesevic came out victorious, winning in a 7-5, 6-4 match and putting the Devils up 1-0. Unfortunately, that was the only victory that FDU would see against Misericordia. Vanegas lost in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, to Barbour in singles #2. Singles #3 wasn't much better as Sperling lost 6-0, 6-1 to Cridge.

Singles #4 saw Caraccioli put up a fight, but fell 6-3, 6-0 to Miller, who stepped in for singles. Abdelmonem and Guzman both fell in straight sets to Wallitsch and Slusser, who stepped in for singles, in Singles #5 and #6, and Misericordia picked up the win by a score of 6-1.
 
FDU-Florham will face off against Stevens on April 15^th at home. Doubles matches will start at 3:30 PM.
 
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