St. Francis Brooklyn Athletics

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ– The St. Francis Brooklyn women's tennis team (0-1) fell to the Broncs of Rider University (1-0) by a score of 5-2. This afternoon's match marked the season opener for the Terriers during their respective 2019-20 campaign.
 
The season opened serve with sophomore Dea Lako coming from behind in a three-set thriller to earn her first Terrier victory by a score of 6-7 (7-4), 6-4, and would claim victory 10-6 in the third set.
 
Senior Runsi Patro rallied as she would take the second set over Sarah Cheverie, 6-3, but would fall in the third set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-5).
 
Singles Results:

1. C. Melendez (RID) def. J. Koo (SFBK) – 6-2, 6-1
2. A. Garcia (RID) def. A. Handrugan (SFBK) – 6-0, 6-0
3. S. Cheverie (RID) def. R. Patro (SFBK) – 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
4. A. Binder (RID) def. M. Radinovic (SFBK) – 6-1, 6-3
5. D. Lako (SFBK) def. S. Jeffrey (RID) – 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-6
6. S. Tschida (SFBK) def. N/A (RID)

Doubles Results:

1. C. Melendez/A. Garcia (RID) def. J. Koo/G. Rajesh (SFBK) – 6-2
2. A. Binder/S. Cheverie (RID) def. A. Handrugan/D. Lako (SFBK) – 6-2

UP NEXT
The Terriers are back in action on Friday, September 27 when the Women's Tennis team travels to the United States Military Academy (Army West Point) for the West Point Invitational.