Brooklyn, NY----The Brooklyn College women's tennis team fell to Kean University, 6-1, in a non-conference match on the Roosevelt Courts at home on Saturday afternoon. BC moves to 2-6 overall with the loss while the Cougars improve to 2-1. Next Up: Brooklyn will look to bounce back on Tuesday at home in another non-conference matchup against FDU-Florham at 2:00 pm.
Kean swept all three doubles matches to take the doubles point. At top-flight doubles, Alexis Goodman and Medina Kuc fell to Ashley Mendoza and Angela Leonardis, 6-2. Aniyah James and Amara Stewart battled at No. 2 doubles before dropping a 6-3 decision to Gulnora Kuchkorova and Carol Noseir. At No. 3 doubles, Tiffany Edwards and Kristen Vega fell to Emma Carson and Gigi Gutierrez, 6-1.
Brooklyn secured its lone point of the afternoon at No. 2 singles, where James delivered a strong performance against Mendoza. After taking the opening set, 6-3, James dominated the second set, 6-1, to earn a straight-set victory.
At top-flight singles, Goodman fell to Leonardis, 6-1, 6-1, while Kuc dropped a three-set match to Noseir at #3 singles, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Stewart fell to Kuchkorova at #4 singles, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, and Amar Abdel Gaphar lost to Carson at #5 singles, 6-1, 6-1.
At No. 6 singles, Kristen Vega pushed Gutierrez to a deciding third-set match tiebreak after pulling out the opening set, 7-6, before falling in the second set, 6-4. Gutierrez ultimately prevailed, 10-7, in the deciding match tiebreak.
