GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's tennis team took a 4-3 loss to Fairfield on Thursday afternoon over a back-and-forth battle at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
The Stags started off the matchup by earning the first doubles point on court two.
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Sydney Bly bounced back to claim the next doubles matchup over Maeve Cassidy and Sarah Liu, 6-2. However, Fairfield claimed the final double match to head into singles play on top 1-0.
Fairfield claimed the first singles match. However, Bly was able to get the Spartans on the board with a dominating 6-2, 6-3 win over Cassidy on court six.
Olivia Gallagher tied the match up at two points apiece on court four after defeating Francesca Karman, 6-1, 6-3.
Juliana Craft gave the Spartans the 3-2 lead after taking down Nicolette Loeffler, 6-2, 6-1 on court three. The Stags were able to bounce back by claiming the final two singles points for the 4-3 win. Despite this,
Arina Babkova put up a fight with Sarah Liu in the final singles contest, going three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, but ultimately going the way for Liu.
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The Spartans will take a road trip to Presbyterian on Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m. in Clinton, S.C.
