Match Results

BRONXVILLE, N.Y.—In the team's final match of the regular season, Sarah Lawrence College women's tennis was edged by St. Joseph's College Long Island, 5-4, in a Skyline Conference match at Andrews Courts on Saturday. SLC will advance to the Skyline Championship as the tournament's No. 4 seed.

IN SHORT
St. Joseph's (12-2, 5-2 Skyline) def. Sarah Lawrence (8-4, 4-3 Skyline), 5-4.

SENIOR DAY
Prior to the match, five graduating seniors were recognized. Autumn Atkinson (Manasquan, N.J./George School), Sarah Fiordaliso (Buffalo, N.Y./Sweet Home), Lane Garber (Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos), Gabrielle Greiner (Houston, Texas/St. Agnes Academy) and Nora Landes (Los Angeles, Calif./Cleveland Humanities Magnet) were honored for their accomplishments and dedication to the program.

SKYLINE CHAMPIONSHIP AWAITS
As the No. 4 seed, Sarah Lawrence will travel to No. 1 Farmingdale State College on Wednesday. A match time will be listed on the team's schedule once it is determined. The team is SLC's first to qualify for a Skyline tournament.

DOUBLES TROUBLE
The Golden Eagles took a critical 2-1 edge after doubles play. St. Joseph's won the No. 1 doubles match, 8-3, and in No. 2 doubles, Atkinson and junior Juliet Slade (St. Paul, Minn./Central) were topped, 8-2. Atkinson and Slade have been defeated only three times this season, and the Sarah Lawrence team went on to lose in each of those three matches.

PERFECT REGULAR SEASON
Sarah Lawrence was able to stave off the sweep in the No. 3 doubles match. Seniors Fiordaliso and Garber went to a tiebreaker with the score tied at 8 games apiece. The Gryphons dominated the showdown and escaped with a 9-8 (7-2) win, giving the duo a perfect 12-0 regular season. Fiordaliso and Slade become the program's second-winningest doubles partnership in a regular season, trailing a 13-0 record set by Atkinson and Slade in 2013.

GRYPHONS CONTROL THE TOP
Sarah Lawrence scored its three singles points at the top of the lineup. SLC's top player, Landes picked up her second win in the last three matches, earning a straight-sets victory 6-4, 6-1. In the No. 2 match, Atkinson won her fifth-straight singles match, 6-3, 6-1. At No. 3 singles, sophomore Sofia Reh (Villanova, Pa./Radnor) continued her streak of rebounding after every loss this season. Reh lost her first set but won the next two, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

ST. JOSEPH'S SECURES THE WIN
The Golden Eagles won the match by winning three singles matches at the bottom of the lineup, taking all three in straight sets. St. Joseph's will advance to the Skyline Championship as the No. 3 seed and will travel to No. 2 Yeshiva in the semifinals.

UP NEXT
On Wednesday, Sarah Lawrence travels to Farmingdale State for a Skyline Championship semifinal match.