ORLANDO, FL – The University of Charleston Women's Tennis team (6-2, 1-0 MEC) were defeated by Division I Seton Hall University (2-8, 0-1 Big East) in their Spring Break opener to on Sunday afternoon at the USTA Campus in Orlando by a score of 4-3.

In the singles, Seton Hall's Plana Ventosa was able to capture the first victory of the day, winning 6-3, 6-1 in straight sets over Golden Eagle Haarini Balakrishnan. The Golden Eagles struck back and evened the match after Prinkle Singh defeated Michal Matson in the #2 singles.
 
In the #4 singles, Charlotte Ziegler dropped in straight sets to Hiba El Khalifi (6-4, 6-4) while Mathilde Simon, who dropped her first set to Anniek Jansen, came back to take the next two sets, 6-3, 6-2 and even the match at 3-3.
 
The final match of the day came down to the #1 singles to determine who would win their first match of Spring Break. After Katie Swann defeated Minja Gligic in the first set 7-6 in tiebreaker fashion, Gligic would win the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to earn a victory for the Pirates.

Singles Results (Order of Finish)
(#6) - Hildenlang won by default (6-0, 6-0)
(#2) - Singh def. Matson (6-3, 6-3)
(#3) - Plana def. Balakrishnan (6-3, 6-1)
(#4) - El Khalifi def. Ziegler (6-4, 6-4)
(#5) - Simon def. Jansen (0-6, 6-3, 6-2)

Doubles Results (Order of Finish)
(#2) - Swann/Balakrishnan def. Gligic/Kaur (6-3)
(#1) - Matson/Plana def. Simon/Singh (8-6)
(#3) - El Khalifi/Jansen def. William/Ziegler (6-2)
 
The Golden Eagles will return to action tomorrow as they take on the Pioneers from Sacred Heart University.